Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM
Description:
Rosewood Calendar Clock by Welch Spring & Company, Forestville, Connecticut, c. 1875, a variant of the "Italian" model, with 4 1/2 in. dia. painted zinc dial, Roman numerals and day of the week, lower calendar mechanism with paper on zinc dial marked Lewis, pendulum aperture, printed maker's label inside backboard and eight-day time only movement, ht. 17 in.
Estimate $700-900
paint loss on dial around center, paper calendar dial discolored, minor age consistent losses on label.