$4,148
Spencer Hotchiss Miniature Mahogany Eight-Day Timepiece, Salem Bridge, Connecticut, c. 1835, with bevel molded flat top, free-standing maple columns with acanthus leaf capitals flanking the wooden dial with Roman numerals and raised gilded decoration, reverse painted rural scene with two houses and a stream, lower stenciled glass with a basket and leafage, eight-day brass weight powered movement with strap recoil escapement, two pulleys in the top of the case to redirect weight fall, lead weight with internal pulley and pendulum, ht. 26 in. While this clock is unlabeled, the movement is identical to a labeled example illustrated and discussed in Chris H. Bailey, Heman Clark and the "Salem Bridge" Shelf Clocks , NAWCC Bulletin Supplement 13, 1980, pp. 49-52, figs. 72-74. Dial with slight warp but painted decoration and numerals undisturbed, middle glass is repainted, movement, weight and pendulum with no signigficant repairs or replacements.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
