06-07-200906-07-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2460Boston
June 7, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
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Mahogany Off-center Pillar and Scroll Clock by Seth Thomas

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$948$800
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2460Location: BostonDate / Time: June 07, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

Mahogany Off-center Pillar and Scroll Clock by Seth Thomas,Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1818,with glazed front door over the painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals and inner chapter ring, lower painted tablet, apron, French feet, printed maker's label inside backboard, thirty-hour time and strike strap movement with center mounted count wheel, compound hung lead weights and pendulum, (heavily restored),ht. 29 1/2 in.
Estimate $2,000-4,000

Dial is undisturbed, lower glass cracked and stabilized, brass plaque inside stating "restored by F.E. Armitage Jamestown, New York 1931" replaced scrolls and plinths, replaced feet and skirt, reproduction label.

Keywords

Plymouth, Connecticut, Seth Thomas