Seth Thomas Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock

Description:

Seth Thomas Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, mahogany scroll-top case with three brass urn finials, painted wood arabic numeral dial, raised gilt spandrels and floral-decorated center, reverse-painted lower glass depicting a country estate with a crosshatched pendulum aperture, printed paper maker's label stating in part, Patent Clocks Made and Sold by Seth Thomas, thirty-hour time and strike wood movement with two iron weights, ht. 31 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500

mechanism needs restoration, restorations to case, object right scroll return off but present, old replaced glass


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