Antique New Haven Clock

Price Type: auction
Sold Date: July, 2003
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Catalog Description:

Advertising clock, ca 1865. The label inside the door reads, "This Regulator Clock is Presented by The Geo. W. M. Reed Bitter Co. of New Haven, Conn. thru their Wholesale Agents, as a gift to our patrons, and is intended to attract attention to the merits of, "REED'S GILT EDGE TONIC". The label also says the clock was made in their own factory. This open swingcase style is very rare, yet the top is identical to the more common boxcase style. The ebony painted wood case is 27" tall, has an original brass pendulum rod and bob, and a heavy beveled glass over the dial. The movementis signed "L. Hubbell", is time only, and runs 8 days. The dial is not originalbut is an exact copy of the original. There are letters embossed into thecase on the bottom. I have struggled trying to make a name with them, butI give up. I think I see the letters, C, F, O, E, and maybe an S. This casestyle is pictured in Bruner's, "Advertising Clocks". The more common boxstyle is shown in Ehrhardt, Book 3, and other clock books.

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