Antique American Clocks                      July 2020

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61.       $350

E. Thayer & Co. reeded 30-hour shelf clock, 1830-1837.  A 38-inch wooden-works shelf clock with reeded side columns and a tripartite door with an old mirror in the middle and an original tablet on the bottom. The dial glass is very old, but it looks like all three glasses have been reputtied into place.  The tablet has considerable losses, but maybe not enough to justify repainting.  The polychrome wooden dial is outstanding, one of the prettiest I’ve seen. The hands are period.  The scroll-top is questionable; it looks rather amateur, but from the back looks very old and matches the surrounding wood.  The scroll tips do not warp backward and show no repairs.  The brass urn finials are heavy and on metal posts.  The wooden 30-hour “groaner” movement is running and striking without problem, driven by two appropriate weights. It strikes a bell on top of the case; the pulleys have tin covers but I don’t think they are original.  There is a key to the working door lock.  Thayer worked with his son in Williamsburgh MA but this appears to be his only venture into clock manufacture. $350-$500.

 

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