$14,220
Seth Thomas Off-Center Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1818, scroll top surmounting the painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals, inner minutes, gilded and painted decoration in the spandrels, a stylized beehive in the center and exposed escapement, free standing columns, reverse-painting on glass of a garden scene and offset pendulum aperture, thirty-hour strap wooden movement with center mounted count wheel strike, off center pendulum and two lead weights and wooden pulleys, ht. 29 in. Old inpainting on lower glass, overpaste label over the original, dial perfect, no repairs, replacements or restoration to case or movement, period finials, weights and pendulum.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16