B.B. Lewis No. 3 Rosewood Perpetual Calendar Clock

Description:

B.B. Lewis No. 3 Rosewood Perpetual Calendar Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1862, 14-in. Roman numeral painted zinc dial with days of the week, above the 9-in. calendar dial with green label reading in part Lewis' Perpetual Calendar Bristol, Ct. on the rear of the mechanism, lower black and gold glass, brass, eight-day, time only, "up-side-down" movement, two slim cast iron weights and brass-faced pendulum bob, ht. 38 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600

dial with losses with varnish, label has losses and varnish, replaced lower board (lacking step molded base)


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