87.              $150

Smith & Goodrich 30-hour steeple fusee with overhead pulleys, 1847-1852.  This is another unusual steeple fusee from these guys, here with a wooden fusee mount and wooden fusees with the cords running through overhead wooden pulleys.  I am not sure why this is done this way, do you know?  It would appear to be a precursor to the movements where the fusees are in a cast iron frame directly below the movement in a simpler arrangement.  The 20-inch case is very dark with a thick patina and two likely original glasses; the tablet has lost any backing it might have had.  The dial is an aluminum replacement, the hands are proper but also modern replacements.  The 30-hour time-and-strike fusee movement is running and striking as expected.  There is a good label inside.  $150–$250.