Antique American Clocks January 2020
38. $225
Seth Thomas Sons & Co. “No. 8011”, ca. 1872. A popular 17-inch cast metal clock with
an angel pointing to heaven and a small girl praying next to her. The case has been repainted, and shows some wear; it originally
came in bronze or gilt. All the details are present, but the right wing has been broken off and re-attached nicely. The
dial is porcelain with some wear around the winding arbors, signed “Seth Thomas Sons & Co., N.Y.”, with some fancy hands that
are not original. It sits behind a thick beveled glass. The signed movement runs 15 days, time-and-strike on the half-hour. It is running and striking a nickel bell. There is a metal back cover. Horton’s hasn’t sold one recently, but the Antique
Clocks Price Guide’s most recent sale was at Schmitt’s in 2016 for $275; two 2018 sales on eBay for $243 and $265. $225-$275.