$43,050
E. Howard & Company No. 6 Figure Eight Regulator, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1875, walnut case with carved cresting, 15-in. Roman numeral dial signed E. Howard & Co. /Boston , seconds bit and blued-steel hands, the full-length door with printed Directions for Putting Up the Clock...E. Howard & Co., Boston, Mass. , black, maroon, and gold leaf tablets open to the gilt pendulum rod and damascened pendulum bob with tie-down, eight-day rectangular plate movement stamped E. Howard & Co./Boston with dead-beat escapement, maintaining power, Geneva stop and compounded iron weight, ht. 58 in. Note: A note inside the case reads: "This clock hung in Young's Hotel in Boston for many years." Young's Hotel was located on Court Street in the financial district of Boston.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-03
