247.    $150

Chauncey Jerome octagon lever ship’s bells clock, 1845-1855.  The case is 10.75 inches across with good rosewood veneer all around; the dial is 8 inches in diameter with the original paint, now flaking, and the original glass in the brass bezel.  The hands are new old stock.  The movement is signed “Chauncey Jerome New Haven Conn USA”; it runs a bit and stops when it feels like it.  I think it runs for 8 days but the bell-strike spring is much smaller.  It strikes “ship’s bells”, a system with 8 strikes over four hours, which then repeats.  If you are a on a ship’s crew it lets you know how much longer you are on duty.  I’ve not encountered this on an octagon lever before and can’t find a sales example; in fact, a strike on an octagon lever is unusual.  No label on the back.  $150-$300.