TR-6.              $50

Unknown brass eight-day shelf, ca. 1850. A standard 32-inch, two-door, three-glass case with wonderful rosewood veneer, cleaned and polished.  The case is very much like a Seth Thomas Column model, but the label inside says it is a Welch, Spring & Co. perpetual calendar clock.  Clearly it is not, and I suspect the backboard is a replacement.  However, it may not be a Seth Thomas either, as the movement is an unsigned, strap-brass movement more typical of John Birge – see, for example, #142 in the January auction.  All three glasses are period and may be original, with two well-preserved tablets.  The movement has no weight cords so I could not test it, and it also lacks a pendulum rod, bob, and weights.  All three are easy to fix.  This clock could be restored with a little effort or could be parted out.  It is probably worth more than the starting price if sold as parts.  $50-$150.