Description
Jerome (?) miniature papier-mâché wall clock, ca. 1850’s. This little guy is only 11.25 inches long with a brass 30-hour time-and-strike unsigned movement, striking on an iron bell. The only label is one from a clock repairer in Newcastle on Tyne, indicating that it was likely made for the English market. The glass and bezel are old but polished, the dial repainted, the hands old. The polychrome, gilding, and MOP is dark but mostly all there, and it has a glossy protective coat. The pendulum-driven movement is running erratically, the pendulum bob is new, it hangs from underneath. I don’t believe I’ve seen one of these before, and I can’t find any other examples. $100-$150.
Record courtesy of AntiqueAmericanClocks.com