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Luman Watson, Cincinnati, Ohio Shelf Clock,

Luman Watson, Cincinnati, Ohio Shelf Clock, with a 30-hour wooden movement and a polychrome-painted and gilt dial with floral decoration inside the chapter ring and in the spandrels. In a magogany vase with scroll-cut crest, central finial, and ebonized and stenciled half columns. Retains traces of original gold-stenciled decoration and part of its original paper […]

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New Haven mahogany beehive shelf clock

New Haven mahogany beehive shelf clock eight day, spring driven time-strike-alarm, original frosted cut tablet, good label. 19″, Circa 1860. Some warping, chipping & repairs to front outer edge and base.Estimate: (200-300)Dimensions: 19″,Circa: 1860. Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

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Bronze dore French shelf clock,

marble urn with ormolu mounts above elaborate bronze dore and marble case, key-wind, brass works, pendulum with sunburst and head, 19-1/2 in.; with two matching five-cup candelabra, each 18 in., probably French, 19th century. Good condition, retains most of original gilt surface, several elements slightly bent, lacking key, one candelabra lacking twig of leaves on […]

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Turn of the Century oak shelf clock, press design

Turn of the Century oak shelf clock, press design on front. Time and strike ca. 1910 Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

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Mahogany Empire Shelf Clock by Seth Thomas, Plymo

Mahogany Empire Shelf Clock by Seth Thomas, Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut, c. 1850, pitched pediment with gilded fruit basket and faux wood grain, glazed front door with looking glass, printed maker’s label inside backboard, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, thirty-hour time, strike, and alarm movement stamped with maker’s name, pendulum and three iron weights, ht. […]

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Daniel Pratt Jr. Wooden Works Shelf Clock

Daniel Pratt Jr. Wooden Works Shelf Clock: with full length, half columns on a mahogany and veneer case. The weight driven time and wire gong striking movement is not signed. There is a dated 1841 paper label inside the case. Has pendulum and weight. (Not working steadily. Both keys wind properly. The original dials paint […]

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