SKINNER presents a Gallery Walk

393394393.Chauncey Jerome Empire Mahogany Shelf Clock, Bristol,Connecticut, c. 1850, the painted zinc dial with Roman numerals,flat column with turned rosettes in the corners flanking the transferdecorated lower tablet depicting and marked President’s House, printedmaker’s label inside backboard stating in part, Extra Brass Clocks madeand sold by Chauncey Jerome, Bristol, Conn., thirty-hour time andstrike movement with pendulum and two cast iron weights, ht. 21 in.$800-1,200395394.Bloomer and Sperry Mahogany Portico Shelf Clock, New York,c. 1845-46, with four columns flanking the wooden dial with Romannumerals and floral spandrels, transfer and paint decorated tablet,printed maker’s label inside backboard, thirty-hour weight-poweredbrass movement with pendulum and two 4 3/4 x 1-in. iron weights, ht.25 1/2 in.$200-400395.Crane’s Patent Eight-Day Torsion Pendulum Clock, J.R. Mills &Company, New York, c. 1846-48, the case with rosewood trim, flatbevel to the printed paper dial with Roman numerals and marked J. R.Mills & Co. New York. and A. D. Crane’s Patent, printed maker’s labelinside backboard stating in part Patent Eight-Day Clocks Manufacturedby the Year Clock Company 35 Cortlandt Street, New York. WarrantedSuperior Timekeepers, etched glass tablet and eight-day time and strikemovement with two cast iron weights and three-ball torsion pendulum,ht. 20 1/2 in.Literature: This clock is pictured in Horology Americana, p. 156.For the definitive study on these innovative clocks see FrederickShelley, “Aaron Dodd Crane An American Original,” NAWCC BulletinSupplement 16, Summer 1987, pp. 71-3.$2,000-4,000