Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2460Location: BostonDate / Time: June 07, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
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.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
Losses and inpainting on zinc dial, lacking lower looking glass in door, blue background paint on tablet renewed.