20.            $100

Thirty-hour column & cornice clock, ca. 1835. This 29-inch clock does not have a label so I cannot identify the maker; Diane Burghardt suggested that it may be Rollin & Irenus Atkins, based on a similar clock she owns.  There also are similar examples on LiveAuctioneers and the Antique Clocks Identification and Price Guide.  The mahogany veneer is clean and attractive, with minor losses.  This clock may have had ball feet at one time.  The dial glass is original, the middle glass is old but may be a replacement, and the image has been rebacked; and the lower door glass is original with the original tablet, with considerable losses.  This lower glass is cracked at the top center, and the dial glass is cracked in the upper left corner.  The well-decorated wooden dial is faded but clean; there is a seconds bit dial (very unusual) and it is numbered in reverse, as the seconds bit is mounted on the escape wheel and turns counterclockwise. The hands are period and appropriate.  The 30-hour, time-and-strike wood movement will run for and bit and will strike on the iron bell.  There are two period weights.  $100–$200.

I posted this unusual clock on the Cog Counters Facebook page, as I had not seen a 30-hour wooden movement clock with a seconds bit, and I needed help identifying the maker.  Several Cogs questioned the authenticity of this clock’s seconds bit, including Jake Henry, Robert Burton, and Diane Burghardt.  I believe the consensus is that the seconds bit is a clever “later addition” and not correct.  Thanks, Cogs!