12.                   $200

Silas Hoadley shelf clock with alarm, 1813–1830.  A 38-inch case with replacement pineapple finials.  Good veneer all around, original bronzed half-columns and splat.  Two original glasses with the original putty and one old mirror, but probably not original; an ivory escutcheon in the door with a key and working latch.  The “Time is Money” lower tablet has probably been touched up but looks good.  The wooden dial is soiled but doesn’t want to clean up; the numbering and gilding is sharp.  The time hands are period/original but the alarm hand is a clever make-do replacement.  The 30-hour time-and-strike “upside-down” wooden movement has ivory bushings as advertised; it will strike and run for a short while.  The alarm was untested.  Inverting the time-and-strike chains was probably to avoid patent infringement with a certain Mr. Terry, who Mr. Hoadley worked for prior to setting out on his own.  A nice label inside and three period weights, with period dust covers on top.  AAC sold a similar example a year ago for $253.  $200–$300.