43.                  $450

Unnamed thirty-hour wooden tall case clock, ca. 1816.  An 81.5-inch case, probably pine, based on the grain I can see through the stain and slightly crusty finish.  This clock was probably grain-painted early on.  Nonetheless, it looks great now, with an old, mahogany-stained finish.  The hood does not have a door, but there is old glass, and so, to set the hands you have to pull the hood off. It did not ever have a door that I can tell, but it may not have always had a glass.  The dial and hood fit together perfectly, suggesting that the case may have been made for this movement and dial; we don’t know who made the case or the movment and dial, but my consignor says it was made by Silas Hoadley, perhaps based on the movement's design.  Hoadley usually signed his dials and incuded a calendar dial, not found here.  The 30-hour movement has had significant restoration and is running and striking; the dial is beautiful, perhaps too beautiful to be unrestored – maybe just professionally cleaned; I don’t think it has been repainted.  The hands are cast spelter, perhaps old.  There are two period tin can weights and an old pendulum rod and bob.  I like this clock a lot, and that’s why I took it.  Hope you do too!  $450–$900.

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