$840
Holmes Electric "The New Time Lock" with E. Howard Movements, last quarter of the 19th century, the interior damascene nickel plated plate marked E. Howard Boston No. 263 , the two movements turn a single twenty-four hour enameled dial that sets the opening periods, housed in a nickel plated case with an arch-shaped aperture, wd. 10 1/2 x dp. 5 x ht. 3 3/8 in. Note: A similar time lock is pictured in American Genius Nineteenth-Century Bank Locks and Time Locks, by David and John Erroll.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-02