Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2600MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: June 02, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Seth Thomas Off-Center Pillar and Scroll Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1818, painted wooden with Arabic numerals, inside minute track and gilt decoration, scroll top case with three brass finials, reverse-painted lower tablet depicting a rural scene and off-center pendulum aperture, printed maker's label stating in part, Patent Clocks Made and Sold by Seth Thomas, Plymouth, Conn., thirty-hour strap wooden movement with center mounted count-wheel all powered by two compound-hung weights and pendulum, ht. 30 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
tablet is repainted and slight crack in lower left corner, numerals relined, replacement feet, original skirting.