61.              $500

Elisha Manross double-steeple fusee, 1843-1853. A 23.5-inch case with rosewood veneer on the front and clean, polished finish.  The three glasses are old, the dial glass likely original as is the middle glass, with some touch-up; the lower glass image is too good to be original and must be a replacement. These glasses are appropriate to Manross double steeples; AAC has sold two others with similar glasses.  The metal dial may have been repainted some time ago, the hands are period/original.  The strap-brass 8-day time-and-strike movement is unsigned, as is typical; it is running but the strike is reluctant.  There is a good label behind plastic.  The two recent AAC sales of this model were for $607 and $757.  $500–$750.