64.      $500

Kroeber “Pyramid”, ca. 1884.  This is an elegant shelf clock, rich mahogany with a perfect finish, a pierced brass ornament on the base and beveled glasses on three sides.  The case is 17.5 inches tall, 14.5 inches wide and a stepped 5.5 inches deep with vases or candleholders on each side.  Not a flaw to be found.  The two-part dial is porcelain, signed, with minor chipping at the winding ports.  Hands are correct.  The signed movement runs 8 days, time-and-strike on the half-hours, regulated by an unusual and correct pendulum bob.  It is running and striking, the strike being a bit reluctant. Remnants of a label on the back.  I can only find one sale, in 2004, for $1175 at Schmitt’s, and that clock had some serious deficiencies.  I would look for $500-$750 here.