88.             $500

Chauncey Jerome oversized steeple with remote winding drums, 1845–1853.  A 22.5-inch case with good rosewood veneer in a horizontal-grain pattern on the front and vertical pattern on the sides.  There is a key, but the door latch is nonfunctional.  Both glasses are period/original with good retention of the milk-glass pattern on the tablet.  The dial has been repainted, with some wear from the movement of the hour hand; the hands are likely original.  The 30-hour time-and-strike movement is die-stamped Chauncey Jerome, New Haven; it will run briefly and strike.  The mounts for the movement are replacements and the backwall looks peculiar, but I did not remove the movement; note that the pendulum is suspended from the top of the case.  Both winding arbors are connected to two iron spools at the bottom of the case, with springs inside; note that these are not fusees.  Jim DuBois has suggested that this arrangement was designed to allow Jerome to adapt a weight-driven movement to spring power.  This clock was once owned by Ken Roberts, and more recently by Jim Price.  $500–$1000.

Thanks again to Jim DuBois for helping me out!