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165.            $250

Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Steeple Weight”, ca. 1858. A 29-inch case with a steeple façade.  It is veneered in mahogany and is intact, with a clean, polished finish.  Note the original finials.  The dial glass is modern, the lower glass period with a well-preserved tablet.  Note the glass in the steeple façade with its original eglomise painting, as well as a gold paper behind it to conceal losses in the gilding.  The wooden dial is clean and has good color, the hands are correct.  The 30-hour time-and-strike brass movement is signed Seth Thomas with a Plymouth location; it is running and striking on a wire gong with two period weights.  There is a good label inside with a Cincinnati retailer overpaste.  This is not a common clock; AAC sold one in 2023 for $275, and there are only three sales on LiveAuctioneers.  $250–$400. 

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Antique American Clocks                     JANUARY 2025

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