67.              $400

E. W. Adams Patent Eight Day Brass Clock, 1836–1837.  A second example, this one with considerable restoration.  The refinished case is 35 inches tall with burl panels, full columns, and carved capitals.  The cornice glass is a replacement, the dial glass original, the middle mirror glass period/original, and the lower glass modern with a proper drapery tablet.  The wooden dial is gilded in clean condition, the hands are proper. The 8-day, time-and-strike brass movement is not signed (typical).  It is running and striking on a wire gong, driven by two 8-day weights and a period pendulum bob.  As with all Adams clocks, there is a wonderful color lithograph of “Dartmouth College” in good condition; note the horseman riding up the drive on the right, and the boy and the dog nearby.  A beautiful clock – don’t you have a place for it?  $400–$600.