75.              $500

Smith & Goodrich thirty-hour fusee steeple, 1847–1852.  A 20-inch case with rosewood veneer on the front (mahogany on the sides) and two likely original glasses, the tablet a well-preserved beehive with the motto “By industry we thrive” over the top.   The case has been thoroughly cleaned. The painted dial is old with some chipping, the hands period replacements.  The 30-hour time-and-strike brass movement is unsigned, running and striking on the wire gong; the springs are located behind the attached wooden fusees.  There is a green label behind plastic on the backwall.  This steeple is notable for the lack of finials; a rare clock.  How rare?  It’s the only example I can find on the Antique Clocks Identification and Price Guide or LiveAuctioneers; it sold at R.O. Schmitt’s in 2004 for $4600!  Those were the days.  $500–$1000.