18.                   $100

E.C. Brewster & Co. spring-driven shelf clock, 1840–1843.  A 20.25-inch case with a beveled-front in rosewood veneer.  Both glasses are old but the putty is newer, and both appear to have been repainted.  The heavy metal dial is unusual with a plain, or silvered center and painted spandrels on a cream/gray background.  Both hands are period/original.  The 30-hour time-and-strike brass movement is spring-driven and unsigned, but clearly of Brewster/Kirk origin, with an iron backplate and enclosed springs.  It is running but the fly wheel is missing the fly on the strike, so it strikes with abandon.  A good card label inside.  $100–$200.