Antique American Clocks                      January 2020

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26.      $225

Seth Thomas “Orchid No. 6 Extra”, ca. 1913.  A gold-plated and lacquered case, 11 inches tall, with convex beveled glasses all around.  The four glasses are original and show imperfections that must have come with making a curved beveled glass.  The gold finish is really outstanding, only a few minor areas where there is any wear. It has a signed porcelain dial and the correct hands (see page 268 of Ly’s book on Seth Thomas clocks, Vol. 1).  It has a 15-day high-grade, half-hour rack-strike movement; it is running and striking as required.   I can only find one sale of this model in 2004 for $400, so it certainly is not common.  $225-$400.

 

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