110. $250
Edmund Wooding long drop shelf clock with Torrington movement,ca. 1835. Wooding was a shop foreman for Erastus Hodges, who took over the Norris North shop in 1831. Hodges ended his
business in 1837, and I can find the sale of only one other clock with Wooding’s label. The clock offered here sold at Cottone’s
in 2017 for $325. The case is 29 inches tall with faded bronzing on the half-columns and splat. The base has a veneer
repair and a chip on the side at the front corner. The dial glass appears to be original, the lower glass modern with a tablet
by Moberg. The wooden dial looks like original equipment, lightly soiled, but little fading. The hands are period. The east-west wooden, 30-hour time-and-strike movement will run but the strike chain is not working properly. There are two
period weights and a torn and worn label inside, with enough to show the maker. A rare example. $250–$500.
Antique American Clocks JANUARY 2025