104.           $175

Welch, Spring & Co. “Lucca”, ca. 1880.  A higher-end model by Welch, marketed under the Welch, Spring & Co. label.  The rosewood-veneered case is 23 inches tall with three correct and possibly original finials.  The side glasses are original, the door glass a modern replacement with a not-quite-right stencil. The two-part painted dial is likely original with acceptable hands.  The 8-day, time-and-strike movement is signed Welch and is running and striking on the nickel bell.  The interior of the case has black flocking paper and the pendulum is a proper sandwich glass pendulum.  Remnants of a label on the back.  AAC sold a Lucca last January for $200.  $175–$250.

Antique American Clocks                     JANUARY 2024

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