21.                   $250

Riley Whiting column & splat, 1828-1835.  Whiting lived in Winstead, CT and made wooden movement shelf clocks from 1828 until his death at age 50 in 1835.  His widow and son, Riley, Jr., sold the business to Wm L Gilbert and the rest is history.  This attractive column & splat is 29 inches tall with bronzed half-columns and a very nice splat.  It stands on modern paw feet in front and turned feet in back.  Both glasses are old, the dial glass may be original, with replaced putty on the sides and top; the lower glass is likely a replacement (new putty) and a tablet by Tom Moberg.  There is an ivory escutcheon and key.  The wooden dial is clean and colorful, the hands proper.  The 30-hour time-and-strike wooden movement is a Whiting movement (Mark Mayerchak schooled me) that will run and strike on the iron bell with a bit of attention, driven by two 30-hour weights.  Either the pendulum rod is too short or the tablet is improper, as the pendulum bob does not reach the window in the tablet.  There is a good label inside.  $250–$500.