59.              $100

Smith & Bros. eight-day OG, ca. 1841. As best I can tell Smith is Levi Smith, who worked with Blakesley in Bristol CT and had two brothers, Ransom and Andrew B.  All three were associated with a retail store in the Bowery of New York; the building, which still stands, is depicted on the label.  The OG case is 33.5 inches tall with an old finish on mahogany veneer; there are a few chips along the edges and on the corners. A stain pen can help there.  The single door has a brass knob and two original glasses, the tablet with noticeable flaking and some adequate touch-ups, but could be restored and stabilized (note that it is cracked at the upper left).  The wood dial has been repainted, the hands are likely original.  The 8-day, time-and-strike brass movement is unusual – it has a horizontal layout and a rack and snail strike which I have not seen before.  It is unsigned but looks like an SB Terry movement to me – note the large escape wheel and the dial cutout to view it.  It is running but the strike is slow.  There are two standard 8-day weights, an old pendulum bob, and a good label on the backboard.  The back of the case is covered with a newspaper from June 27, 1898; the lead story is about the coming Battle of Santiago in the Spanish-American war.  The July 3 naval battle off the coast of Cuba was won decisively by the US and ended the Spanish presence in the Caribbean.  $100–$300.

I posted this clock on the Facebook CogCounters page and Pat Hagans immediately recognized it as a late Salem Bridge movement by Richard Ward.  Thanks Pat!