Antique American Clocks January 2020
68. $325
Seymour, Williams, & Porter 8-day wooden works, 1832-1839. A 35-inch mahogany case
with carved half-columns and a carved splat of a basket of fruit and nuts in an uncommon design. The case is clean, free of
chips, and the carvings are clean and polished. The old dial glass is cracked but has not been replaced, as it appears to be
original, with the original putty where it hasn’t fallen out. The lower glass is replaced and repainted, nicely, unsigned. It also has a small crack in the lower left corner, but it isn’t very noticeable. There is an ivory escutcheon in the lower
door and a replaced brass escutcheon in the top door, with a key; neither latch works for me. Two old weights compounded on
wooden pulleys; I hung them and the clock ran for a few minutes and stopped; it struck the old iron bell when I moved the minute hand
around the dial. I believe this guy would run nicely with just a bit of attention; it has been in storage for some time. The pendulum bob is 1880’s issue. There is a nice label on the backwall. Horton’s sold one a bit nicer last summer for
$350. $350-$600.
