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338 (with detail view)336.Spencer Hotchiss Miniature Mahogany Eight-Day Timepiece, SalemBridge, Connecticut, c. 1835, with bevel molded flat top, freestandingmaple columns with acanthus leaf capitals flanking the wooden dialwith Roman numerals and raised gilded decoration, reverse-paintedrural scene with two houses and a stream, lower stenciled glass witha basket and leafage, eight-day brass weight-powered movement withstrap recoil escapement, two pulleys in the top of the case to redirectweight fall, lead weight with internal pulley and pendulum, ht. 26 in.Note: While this clock is unlabeled, the movement is identical toa labeled example illustrated and discussed in Chris H. Bailey,“Heman Clark and the ‘Salem Bridge’ Shelf Clocks,” NAWCC BulletinSupplement No. 13, 1980, pp. 49-52, figs. 72-74.$3,000-5,000337.Silvester Clarke Mahogany and Tiger Maple Timepiece, SalemBridge, Connecticut, c. 1830, half-round tiger maple sides and lineinlay flanking the painted wooden dial with Roman numerals and giltspandrels, looking glass and lower painted scene of a rural countryside,9 x 11 1/2-in. printed label on the back stating S. Clarke’s ImprovedBrass Clocks; Warranted if Well Used. Salem Bridge. Conn., eight-daybrass movement with strap recoil escapement, pulley mounted in thetop of the case, iron weight and pendulum, ht. 24 in.Note: For a related example see Chris H. Bailey, “Heman Clark andthe ‘Salem Bridge’ Shelf Clocks,” NAWCC Bulletin Supplement No. 13,1980, pp. 43-4.$1,500-2,500338.Spencer, Hotchkiss & Company Miniature Brass Timepiece, SalemBridge, Connecticut, c. 1828, the mahogany case with stenciled splatand turned half columns flanking the wooden dial with Roman numeralsand raised gilt decoration in the spandrels and lower looking glass,printed maker’s label stating Eight-Day Brass Timepiece Manufacturedby Spencer, Hotchkiss & Co., Salem Bridge, Conn. Warranted if WellUsed, eight-day brass time-only movement with compound lead weightand pendulum, ht. 21 in.$3,000-5,000