Antique American Clocks                      January 2020

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60.      $500

B.B. Lewis “Calendar No. 2”, ca. 1865.  I cannot determine who made and sold this weight-driven hanging calendar clock, as the labels are lost; it is either the Carter brothers or Welch, Spring & Co.  There should be a label on the back wall and on the back of the calendar mechanism on the lower door.  The 31-inch case is veneered in rosewood, the wooden bezels were likely grain-painted to match.  The case has been cleaned and polished; the base is a replacement, not quite to specs.  Both dials are either original or very old repaints, and both dial glasses are old and wavy.  All the hands are correct.  The unsigned movement is a double-wind, time-only, driven by two modern round steel weights; the catalog says 8 days, solid plates, retaining power, steel-pivoted rolling pinion.  There is a key to lock/unlock the lower bezel.  The clock is running and keeping time, the weekday is advancing, but calendar mechanism needs adjustment.  This model typically sells for around $600.  $600-$800.

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