Seth Thomas Two-Tiered Half Column Shelf Clock, painted stamped tin dial with Roman on domed chapter ring with outer minute ring marked with dots, bold every 5 minutes, open escapement, polychrome painted flowers in spandrels, brass 8-day weight driven time and strike movement, interior with illustrated printed paper label with a shelf clock at top flanked by rows of vases above Eight Day/Brass Clocks,/Made and Sold By/Seth Thomas/Plymouth Hollow, Conn. with directions, two doors with original painted gilt tablets, upper with Moorish arched opening with gilt floral surround and lower with eagle in flight clutching ribbon banner in beak and arrows and olive branches in talons with gilt garland surrounds and gilt fruit in corners, mahogany veneered case with turned half columns with original gold painted capitals and bases with coved moulded crown, ogee plinths flanking lower section, all in original varnish finish, 6.25″ x 19″ x 32.5″
Condition report
Paint on tablets ca 80%, not currently running.
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