210. $350
Peck, Haydon & Co. triple decker clock, ca. 1840. These
two were sales agents in St. Louis Missouri for Connecticut-made shelf clocks; here the movement (and likely the case) was made by
Birge, Mallory & Co. The 36-inch case has good mahogany veneer with one repair that I see on the top of the lower door. I believe the carved splat is a replacement and should be a flat splat, making a better fit. There are repairs to the splat
and one chimney/side return and two period/original pulley tin dust covers. The three glasses are replacements, the top two
old and the bottom glass modern. Moberg painted the two tablets. The wooden dial is in good shape, clean with lots of
gilding. There is a pocket behind the dial for a pull-up mirror and a hole in the top of the case for the lifting wire to pass
through. There is no mirror, but you could easily add one to allow you to lift the mirror to view the brass movement. The hands are period and proper. The 8-day, time-and-strike, strap-brass movement is marked B M & Co on the upper right;
it will run briefly and strikes on the wire gong. Patience might get it running steadily. It is driven by two proper cast
iron weights. There is a good label inside on the backwall noting the makers and their location, St. Louis, Missouri. I have not seen a clock before with this label, but there are a couple of sales on LiveAuctioneers, as well as this one in 2010 for
$500. One sale on the Antique Clocks Identification and Price Guide. Not a common seller, and of interest if you live
west of the Mississippi River. $350–$600.
Antique American Clocks JANUARY 2025