Carved "Masonic" and "Odd Fellow" Shelf Clocks

Description:

Carved "Masonic" and "Odd Fellow" Shelf Clocks, Connecticut, c. 1870, the carved Masonic with columns and globes flanking the 3 1/2-in. Roman numeral dial, mirrored aperture window, punch decorated field with Masonic symbols throughout, thirty-hour time-only movement, label inside reading in part E.N. Welch; the Odd Fellow with heart and the hand above the 3 1/2-in. Roman numeral dial, thirty-hour time and strike movement, ht. 17 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600

The "Odd Fellow" with replacement dial, the carved symbols are lifting from clock (needs to be reglued),wood restoration to both.


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