Rosewood “Parlor No. 1” 30-Day Fusee Shelf Clock by The Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1860, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, transfer decorated tablet on a blue ground, lower door revealing the printed maker’s label stating Equalizing Spring Thirty Day Clock, Manufactured by the Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut, thirty-day prototype fusee timepiece with Geneva stops, tinned iron wheelwork and strap metal pallets, ht. 17 1/2 in.
Condition report
Condition: Losses and inpainting on zinc dial, lacking lower looking glass in door, blue background paint on tablet renewed.
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