Antique American Clocks                      July 2020

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62.      $150

Birge, Peck & Co. triple-decker, 1849-1859.  A triple decker with a 32-inch mahogany-veneered case in very good refinished condition.  All three glasses are old, the bottom mirror period, the middle tablet likely a very old replacement, and the dial glass replaced with old glass.  The middle table is really quite nice, a colored lithograph of the public square in New Haven with just a small loss.  Unfortunately, the original movement has been replaced with a Seth Thomas movement; this likely means that the repainted metal dial is also a replacement.  I think the weights are proper for the original movement.  The clock is running and striking on a new wire gong; there is a full label inside with “The Breeze” steam train at the top.  The bottom portion has been lightly spray-painted green.  $150-$250.

 

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