273.          $50

English(?) shelf clock, ca. 1890.  There’s not much to go on with this handsome clock, no label and the only marking on the movement is ‘ST’ which, based on a penciled note on the back of #276, indicates that the movement was made by Seth Thomas.  It is unusual, as the springs are in barrels.  The 15-inch walnut case has been refinished; there is a convex glass over the painted dial, which shows chipping and fading to the numerals, and the hands are old. There is a latch inside the side door on the left that you lift to open the bezel.  The movement is likely an 8-day and counts the hours on a wire gong on the door of the case.  It is running.  $50–$150.