$1,185
Rosewood "Parlor No. 1" 30-Day Fusee Shelf Clock by The Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1860, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, transfer decorated tablet on a blue ground, lower door revealing the printed maker's label stating Equalizing Spring Thirty Day Clock, Manufactured by the Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut , thirty-day prototype fusee timepiece with Geneva stops, tinned iron wheelwork and strap metal pallets, ht. 17 1/2 in. Losses and inpainting on zinc dial, lacking lower looking glass in door, blue background paint on tablet renewed.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07