1. $800
Ethel North miniature
pillar & scroll, 1824-1831. Ethel was Norris’ younger brother and worked with him from ~1820 to 1824, when Norris sold the
shop to him. Ethel gave it up in 1831 and ran a plaster mill in Torrington until moving to Bristol and later to Minnesota. This clock is typical of his work; it is 29 inches tall with the brass urn finials (on screws) and 14.5 inches wide. The scrolls
have been repaired, the feet and skirt appear to be original, with a missing glue block and missing tips on the skirt. The veneer
is mahogany and there is a large brass doorknob. I think both glasses are original, with the tablet repainted by Tom Moberg. The wooden dial is period and made for a Torrington movement, but not necessarily original to this clock. It’s very clean and
may have been repainted, perhaps just professionally cleaned. The 30-hour time-and-strike wooden movement is a Type 4, five-arbor
movement that will run, but the pendulum rod and bob are missing. Not a hard fix. There are two appropriate square 5-lb
weights. A very good label inside. Fontaine’s sold a similar example in 2022 for $1200. $800–$1200.
Antique American Clocks JULY 2024
