30.      $1500

Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion”, 1890-1903.  The ICCC began making Fashion clocks after the Southern Calendar Clock Co. had sold their business to Seth Thomas in 1887.  ICCC developed a similar case of solid walnut, 32 inches tall, and bought 8-day time-and-strike movements from the Gilbert Clock Co.  These movements were unsigned, as found here.  ICCC used their own calendar movements and black paper dials, with the calendar dial signed “Ithaca Calendar Clock Co.”  The dials were lettered in gold and the bezels and hands were brass, in contrast to the nickel hardware of the SCCC/ST Fashions.  The finials were also different and compared most closely to the Fashion No. 9 finials made by New Haven (#29). The case here is dark and appears to have been overstained with walnut, hiding some of the grain; the door glass and lettering is original, and I believe the finials are as well.  The paper on the dials is almost certainly original and in excellent shape, with some wear and tear.  Some of the numbering has been strengthened, and some black touched up.  The hands are also original. The movement is running and striking on a cathedral gong mounted on a nickel bell on the backboard.  The calendar is advancing but the rollers are rubbing against the dial pan and sticking.  That can probably be adjusted.  This clock last sold at Schmitt’s in 2015 for $2500; it is one of four sales of this model that I can find online.  It is pictured in Joel Warren’s book,Ithaca’s Clock Makers.  $1500-$2500.