Timby Walnut "Solar Timepiece" or Globe Clock

Description:

Timby Walnut "Solar Timepiece" or Globe Clock, Saratoga Springs, New York, c. 1865, the scroll-top case with central turned finial and gilt pendant, printed paper arabic numeral hour dial encircling the 6-in. twelve-gore printed globe marked on the maker's boss "Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe, Containing the Latest Discoveries, Gillman Joslin, Boston 1860," in a brass yoke with North Pole facing front, lower printed paper minute dial with arabic numerals behind a pin-hinged glazed door, eight-day time-only movement with balance-wheel escapement, interior maker's label, ht. 26 1/2 in.
Estimate $2,000-4,000

overall very nice condition, no losses to globe or dials, was recently serviced according to New England consignor


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