Antique Seth Thomas Clock

Price Type: retail
Sold Date: 4/16/2001
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Seth Thomas pillar and scroll mantle clock Dimensions:24" tall by 12" at the base, with a six inch dial Maker/Mfgr./Author/Artist:Seth Thomas Clock Co., Thomaston, Ct. Condition:MINT Circa:CA 1924 Materials:Solid Walnut case; brass movement; zinc painted dial; reverse painted scene on the lower door glass. Description:The pillar and scroll wood works clocks first produced by Eli Terry in the early 19th century created a clock style which was so popular that it continued well into the 20th century. The early first versions had all wood gearing and later the Seth Thomas Clock Co. continued making the style using brass 8-day mechanisms such as the Movement No. 44 which operates this model. The clock has a solid Walnut case in pristine condition-not the old dark finish so often found on later pillar and scrolls. The brass eight day movement is clean and running properly. It strikes the hours on a clear gong. The lower door glass has the Seth Thomas signature scene of a small American town on a river-probably modeled after the little village of Plymouth, Connecticut- familiar to the artist and where the Seth Thomas Clock Co. was located for so many years. See photograph for a view of this colorful and well preserved scene. The name given to this clock by the Seth Thomas Clock Co., was "The Plymouth"...referring to Plymouth, Connecticut in the vacinity of the company's manufacturing shop. There is no label on the rear of the clock which could indicate that the case has been refinished.

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