47.      $150

Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 4”, ca. 1863.  A classic calendar from Seth Thomas, one of the first three models offered by the firm and shown in their 1863 catalog; later models adopted this style.  This one has the original rosewood veneer on the 47-inch case, with very few losses and no repairs.  Originality pretty much ends there. Both glasses are new, as are the painted dial pans.  The hands are correct but new; the movement is incorrect and should be in a Fashion No. 1 case, as indicated on the lower crosspiece of the signed movement.  Somewhere there is a Fashion No. 1 clock without a movement.  On the positive side, the clock is running, striking, and the calendar is advancing.  The calendar movement is the later Andrews mechanism, patented in 1876; early No. 4’s would have had the earlier Mix Brothers mechanism. There is a black label on the inside of the door, but it cannot be read.  This is a good-looking, running clock, and at least it doesn’t have a quartz movement inside.  Proper examples sell for $300-$450.  $150-$250.