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Antique American Clocks                      July 2021

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221.     $150

Smith & Goodrich steeple fusee, 1847-1852.  A 20-inch sharp gothic with a very dark and possibly original finish on mahogany or rosewood veneer.  The left cone finial’s tip is missing.  Both glasses are period if not original, the lower retaining a very nice tablet painting.  The metal dial likely has the original paint, with some noticeable losses; the hour hand is correct, the minute hand an improper replacement.  The 30-hour time-and-strike fusee movement is unsigned; it is running and striking enthusiastically.  A good label inside.  $150-$250.

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