90.      $1500

Welch, Spring & Co. “Gale Drop Calendar Model No. 2”, 1874-1879.  A very “straight” example of this astronomical calendar clock invented by D.J. Gale.  There were three models made over the period of 1871-1884, as well as a weight-driven model that used the No. 2 calendar movement.  The clock uses a Welch, Spring & Co. time-and-strike movement, signed, and was marketed by Welch, Spring & Co., as indicated on the inside label.  The 30-inch case is veneered in rosewood with rosewood graining on the bezels; the inner bezel is discolored.  Both glasses are old/original, with gold trim around the lower door.  The lower glass design is correct for this model, as is the paper dial, discolored but still quite readable. Remarkably, all the hands are correct, although the weekday hand has lost its tail.  The movement is running and striking, but I don’t see that calendar hands are advancing; you’ll need to look into that.  The only thing I can find that isn’t exactly as described for this model in Ly’s book, Calendar Clocks, pages 48-58, is the pendulum bob; the back of the bob matches that of the No. 1 Model, rather than the No. 2.  The difference is subtle and irrelevant, but there you go.  Horton’s sold a Model No. 2 last July for $1625, and Fontaine’s sold one in 2018 for $2000.  $1600-$2000.