SKINNER presents a Gallery Walk

400.
Seth Thomas Mahogany Transitional Shelf Clock, Plymouth,
Connecticut, c. 1835, with floral and leaf stenciled splat and half
columns flanking the wooden dial with Arabic numerals, floral
spandrels and raised scroll decoration in the center, reversepainted
tablet depicting a town center with central pendulum
aperture and stenciled border, printed maker’s label inside
backboard, thirty-hour wooden movement with two weights and
pendulum, all on carved paw feet, ht. 29 1/2 in.
$600-800
401.
Seth Thomas Mahogany Transitional Shelf Clock, Plymouth,
Connecticut, c. 1835, with stenciled fruit basket splat, half
columns flanking the full-length glazed door with lower original
painted and stencil decorated tablet, wooden dial with Arabic
numerals, floral and raised gilded spandrels and stylized
grapevines in the center, printed maker’s label inside backboard,
thirty-hour time and strike wooden movement with two iron
weights and pendulum, all on carved paw feet, ht. 30 3/4 in.
$600-800
402.
Ephraim Downs Mahogany Stenciled Column and Splat
Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1830, wooden dial with
Roman numerals and raised gilt decoration, stenciled eagle
splat, stenciled half columns flanking the full-length door with
lower reverse-painted tablet depicting a rural scene, carved
paw feet, printed maker’s label stating in part Improved Clocks,
Made and Sold by Ephraim Downs, Bristol, Connecticut, thirtyhour
wooden movement with pendulum and two iron weights,
ht. 29 in.
$300-500
403.
Silas Hoadley “Upside-Down” Mahogany Stenciled Shelf
Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1830, wooden painted dial
with Arabic numerals, stenciled splat and half columns flanking
the full-length door with looking glass and painted tablet,
printed maker’s label inside stating Franklin Clocks with the
Improvement of Bushing the Pivots with Ivory. Arranged and
manufactured by Silas Hoadley, (Conn)., thirty-hour wooden
“upside-down” movement with pendulum and two iron weights,
ht. 35 3/4 in.
$300-500
404.
Joseph Ives Mahogany Looking Glass Wall Clock, Bristol,
Connecticut, c. 1820, scroll top with brass finials, painted iron
dial with Roman numerals, full-length door with reeded columns
flanking the looking glass, reverse-painted glasses surrounding
the dial and along the base, blue painted interior, eight-day time
and iron plate movement with rack strike and roller pinions, two
cast iron weights and long pendulum, ht. 56 1/4 in.
$1,000-1,500
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