217.     $50

Seth Thomas “Senate”, 1938.  The case is 19 inches square, refinished and stained.  I think it is original, but there is no label, and the catalog says it came only in quartered oak; this looks like stained walnut, or possibly birch.  I can’t exclude the possibility that it is hand-made.  It was designed for a self-starting electric movement but now holds a simple Seth Thomas 8-day, time-only, spring-driven movement.  The painted metal dial is original, with considerable flaking in the center, and the hands are replacements; the dial glass is not old.  The dial board is stained plywood.  It is running without issue.  $50-$150.