27.      $100

Boston Clock Co. marble mantel clock, ca. 1890.  I hadn’t appreciated how many marble and onyx models BCC offered until I tried to find this one in Ly’s books, American Clocks Vol. 1 and 2.  Unfortunately, this one is not shown in either book, so I can’t give it a name.  It is 10 inches high and 12.75 inches wide, with gold-accented incisings and what I think are false marble accents on either side.  The porcelain dial sits behind a thick beveled glass in the brass sash.  There is a large window in the dial above the mainstem that lets you see the hairspring and adjust for faster or slower timekeeping.  Like all BCC shelf clocks, it has a platform movement and a tandem-wind arbor where the time and strike trains are wound in opposite directions.  The company was in business for 10 years and focused on making clocks like those coming from France; indeed, this black marble case was probably imported from France.  This guy is running and striking the hours and half-hours softly on a cathedral gong but running a bit fast.  Schmitt Horan & Co. sold one very similar to this one online last fall for $150.