117. $400
Mark Leavenworth & Son carved column & splat, 1824-1829. Leavenworth is best known for his miniature pillar & scrolls, but in the late 1820’s he made “carved clocks” as found here. The case is 29 inches tall excluding the finials, which may be replacements. Everything else I can find here is period and likely
original: the two glasses with a well-retained tablet; the dial board, with considerable wear and loss to the gilding; the eagle hands;
the tin pulley covers; the carved feet in front and the turned feet in back. The 30-hour wooden movement is as shown in Snowden
Taylor’s book, The Clocks of Mark Leavenworth, on page 27, and a very similar clock is also shown on that page. There is a good
label inside, two proper weights and an old pendulum bob. I could not get the clock to run for very long, but I didn’t try very
hard. A very original example from this maker. Chuck Schmidt sold a restored example last fall for $700. $400-$800.
Antique American Clocks January 2023