Antique American Clocks                      July 2020

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311.      $100

Seymour, Hall & Co. 1-day wooden works, 1839-1840.  There are only three clocks listed in the Antique Clocks Price Guide under this short-lived company, none in very good condition.  This makes four.  It should have a carved splat and perhaps two carved pineapple finials.  The pillar & scroll base was added as well; it might have had claw feet.  The old impressionistic reverse-glass painting is out of place.  The dial glass is old, with old putty but not necessarily original.  The case is 37.5-inches tall with very nice carved half columns, the best part of this clock; the finish on the door is alligatored and the knob is improper.  The wooden dial is fine, hands period, the 30-hour, time-and-strike wooden movement is untested, and there are no weights.  If you want weights let me know on your bid sheet ($25).  Nice label inside.  $100-$200.

I had earlier identified this as an 8-day clock; it is not.

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