$11,163
A. D. Crane's Patent Month Clock, J. R. Mills & Co., Belleville, N.J., c. 1842-1844, the mahogany veneered case with green paper lining the inside and printed maker's label stating Crane's Patent Month Clocks... , grain painted and gilt half columns flank the door with etched glass tablet enclosing a pressed brass gilt dial surround, paper under glass dial marked J.R. Mills & Co., Belleville, N.J.--A.D. Crane's Patent , all housing a brass, compound weight driven, time and strike movement with "daisy-cam" motion work, "walking" escapement and single-ball pendulum, one of only two examples extant, ht. 22 1/2 in. Shelley, NAWCC Bulletin Supplement 16, 1987 pages 57-61.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-02-18
