56.              $1800

Birge & Fuller candlestick double-steeple with wagon-spring movement, 1844–1848.  A gorgeous example of this highly desirable double steeple.  The case is 26 inches tall, veneered in mahogany with no flaws or repairs.  The candlesticks look original.  The three glasses are period, the Fenn tablets repainted.  The painted, contoured dial is clean with old paint and little chipping; the hands are period/original.  The 8-day, time-and-strike wagon-spring movement is die-stamped Birge & Fuller; I can’t keep it running, it will strike on the wire gong.  There is a good label inside.  AAC sold a similar example last summer for $2101. $1800–$2100.