$800
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.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
