246.    $25

Welch, Spring & Co. “Italian No. 3, V.P.” ca. 1878.  A 14-inch case in rosewood veneer with a full glass door.  This is the smallest model in this line, sometimes called a miniature.  The veneer has some repairs and missing pieces along the base; the door glass appears to be original, as is the dirty and chipped metal dial.  The hands are slight mismatches; the pendulum is a replacement.  The 30-hour time-and-strike movement is signed and is running and striking on the brass bell. Someone put green flocking inside the case.  $25-$50.