81.             $150

M.W. Atkins eight-day fusee steeple, 1846–1850. A 20-inch steeple with rosewood veneer on the front and cone finials.  Both glasses are old; the tablet looks original but has been touched up.  The slightly contoured metal dial has old paint and some soiling; the hands are period, the minute hand repaired. The 8-day, time-and-strike movement is unsigned, with remote wood fusees and the springs behind the fusees, not typically seen with 8-day movements.  It is running and striking on the wire gong.  There is a good label inside.  R.O. Schmitt’s sold a very similar example in 2014 for $225; there are few examples from this maker in this period.  $150–$300.