104.    $1200

Samuel Abbot “coffin” clock, ca. 1830.  This very simple pine case with a dark and likely original finish is 30 inches long and 10 inches wide.  A similar clock is shown in Distin & Bishop, The American Clock (1983) on page 78 and is attributed to the Shakers of Maine around 1830.  There is no label, inside or out.  The banjo-type movement is signed “Abbott” and runs 8-days, time only, and is keeping excellent time if the hands aren’t pinned too tightly.  Both glasses are old, as are the hands; the heavy iron dial has been repainted.  The clock is driven by a lead banjo-style weight.  I can find only one sales record for a Samuel Abbott coffin clock, this one, in 2005, for $3250.  Coffin clocks are quite uncommon. $1200-$2500.