16.                   $250

Jerome, Darrow & Co. reeded pilaster shelf clock, 1824-1826.  These are the clocks that preceded the “bronzed looking glass” clocks made by Jeromes & Darrow several years later (see #17).  Here Jerome was still using a scroll top in a long-drop case, with reeded pilasters (flat columns) on each side; the subsequent looking glass clocks did away with the delicate scroll top.  His brother Noble was also a partner making the movements here, he just didn’t get any credit in the business name (he is the “Co.”, along with Chauncey Matthews).  The 38-inch mahogany case (with the brass urn finials on screws) has a clean, renewed finish; of course the scrolls have been broken off, but expertly restored.  The three glasses are period but all have newer putty, and the middle tablet is certainly newer, the bottom tablet probably is as well.  Both glasses are typical and appropriate to these clocks, which are not rare; you can find half-a-dozen on LiveAuctioneers.  The wood dial is clean and with strong numbering, and the hands are correct.  Most of the movements in these clocks were Chauncey Boardman wooden 30-hour, time-and-strike “groaner” movements, as found here.  The movement is distinctive with the large wooden wheels in front and the pendulum and crutch behind the main wheel.  This clock will run briefly and longer with a bit of effort; it does strike on an overhead bell on top of the case. There are two approximately square weights, about 4 lb each, and appropriate to this model.  There is a good label on the backwall. There are wooden dust covers over the pulleys on top, one original and one modern replacement.  Nothing not to like here. $250–$450.