Hills, Goodrich & Co. Ogee Shelf Clock

Description:

Hills, Goodrich & Co. Ogee Shelf Clock, Plainville, Connecticut, c. 1850, mahogany veneered case, gilt columns flanking and floral crest above the 7-in. painted zinc Roman numeral dial, lower transfer and painted tablet of a scene across a river marked Presidents House, eight-day, time and strike, cast iron back plate, movement housed in a brass drum, powered by shaped cast iron weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 31 in.

Provenance: Chris Bailey; Terry and Karen Brotherton.

Literature: Illustrated and discussed in Horological Rarities of Space City '99, p. 4.

Note: Exhibited at and illustrated in Classic American Clocks, 1990 NAWCC Seminar in Houston, Texas.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

Original tablet has some losses. Label has considerable losses.


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