Description

Jan 2022 - #113
Antique American Clocks
Seth Thomas "Carson", 1884.
An unusual Seth Thomas City Series clock with a "sheet brass
case, nickeled body.
Gold gilt ornaments at head and base.
Bronze alligator panel."
Just over 14 inches in height
with a beveled glass in the bezel and a porcelain dial with fancy hands.
The dial is signed.
The Seth Thomas movement
is also unusual in that it strikes the half-hours on a cup bell and counts the hours on a cathedral gong.
Both have a pleasant
The clock is running and striking; no label.
The Carson is another uncommon model; the most recent sale I can find
was for $300 by Horton's in 2017.
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