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341.<br />
Seth Thomas Street Clock Movement, Thomaston, Connecticut,<br />
c. 1907, black and gilt painted cast iron Y-shaped frames housing<br />
an eight-day weight-powered time-only movement, 4-in. dia. Arabic<br />
numeral “setting” dial marked Made By Seth Thomas Clock Co.<br />
Thomaston, Conn., sitting on a tapered 35-in. pedestal with eagle and<br />
star decal, brass-cased lead 14-in. pendulum bob and iron rod, ht. 55<br />
in.<br />
$1,000-1,500<br />
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with detail<br />
342.<br />
James Arthur Regulator with Remontoir, New York, 1901, the maple<br />
case with molded top, glazed dial and waist doors and mirrored back,<br />
the skeletonized movement stamped with maker’s name and date with<br />
three front mounted dials, seconds at the top, hours object lower right,<br />
and minutes lower left, deadbeat escapement with adjustable pallet<br />
faces, lever activated one minute remontoir rewound by the large brasscased<br />
weight and internal “ball” pulley all regulated by a steel grid iron<br />
pendulum and cylindrical bob, ht. 81 in.<br />
Note: This clock is illustrated and discussed in James Arthur, Time and<br />
Its Measurement (1909), pp. 39-40. For additional information about<br />
the creative mechanic James Arthur see: Robert C. Cheney, “James<br />
Arthur: Pioneer Collector and Benefactor,” pp. 329-337, in The Quest<br />
for Longitude.<br />
$1,000-1,500<br />
online bidding at www.skinnerinc.com<br />
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