148.    $150

Seth Thomas “Arch Top”, ca. 1880.  A 15.5-inch shelf clock with a beautiful mahogany or walnut veneer, with much of the veneer on the front showing a burled or flame mahogany grain pattern.  These iconic clocks sold for over $600 twenty years ago.  The dial glass is old and the contoured metal dial holds very old if not the original paint; it has been touched up.  The 8-day time-and-strike movement is signed and running, striking on a wire gong.  There is also an alarm, not tested. There is a good Thomaston label inside.  These clocks are lucky to bring $150-$250 today.