Antique American Clocks July 2021
152. $100
Seth Thomas “Kent”, ca. 1904. The Kent is a “City Series” clock, a line of clocks that was
very popular with the former owner of this auction. He would often tell me that he had all but one or two very rare ones (e.g.,
the Louisville, which he says he named), and after he started selling off his collection he then came into possession of the rare
clocks. The Kent is 14.5 inches tall in “dark old oak” with a glossy finish over the older, slightly alligatored finish. The signed paper dial is quite yellowed, but the center disk and bezel are ornately cast and bright; the glass is flat and beveled. The signed, 8-day, time-and-strike movement is bright and shiny, running strongly, and counting the hours on a cathedral gong and
marking the half-hours on a nickel cup bell. I believe the Kent was made to resemble an English bracket clock and named accordingly. No recent sales of this relatively rare clock. $100-$200.
