99.              $500

EN Welch Mfg. Co. “Khedive”, ca. 1890.  An 18-inch tall clean, “polished mahogany” case with a Patti movement and a visible escapement.  The porcelain chapter dial has some hairline cracks and a small chip at the ‘7’.  The hands are correct; the glass in the bezel is beveled, as is the glass in the bottom well in front of the brass pendulum; note the gilt border.  Not all of these came with the visible escapement.  The signed Patti movement is running and striking on the hours and half-hours on a cathedral gong.  There is a scuffed label on the back cover.  Named after the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt, built to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal.  AACsold an oak model in 2023 for $701.  $500-$750.