John Hunt Steeple Clock with "Wagon Spring"

Description:

John Hunt Steeple Clock with "Wagon Spring", Plainville, Connecticut, c. 1845, mahogany veneered, reverse ogee, "sharp gothic" oversized shelf clock with full-length door, the upper glazed dial opening over the painted zinc Roman numeral dial, the lower with frosted glass depicting an American eagle and shield, thirty-hour time and strike movement with wagon spring and maker's label in the lower section, ht. 29 1/2 in.

Provenance: Herschel Futch; Terry and Karen Brotherton.

Literature: Illustrated and discussed in Horological Rarities of Space City '99, p. 12.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Dial repainted, lower glass a replacement, minor losses to printed maker's label.


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