54.      $1200

Ansonia “Virginia”, ca. 1904.  A large and impressive black mantel with bronze facing and silvered high relief plates on each side, curving around each side.  The ornamentation has not been repainted and is original with some wear evident.  The iron case itself has been re-lacquered.  There is a brass cartouche dial with a complex center piece and an open escapement with ruby pallets.  There is a thick beveled glass in the bezel.  The bezel does not want to stay closed, and the dial can rotate slightly to upset the escapement balance.  It is easily adjusted into balance when the clock is in place.  The movement is signed, 8-day time and rack and snail strike and is running, a bit tentatively.  As with the Georgia, these clocks are uncommon.  AAC sold one last January for $1200 and the movement needed repair.  $1500-$2000.