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Jan 2022 - #35
Antique American Clocks
Seth Thomas "Flora", 1885.
One of my favorite Seth Thomas wall clocks, at 38 inches long
in cherry with a clean finish.
Both glasses are old/original, the painted dial is clean, faded, but still bears the ST logo.
The hands are correct.
The signed 8-day, time-and-strike movement is running and striking a cathedral gong on the hours, driven
by two proper brass weights and regulated by a damascened brass pendulum.
A dark, illegible label on the inside bottom, the
date of manufacture on the back.
Horton's sold a Flora in 2017 for $1885.
$1500-$1800.
Brett Berry has suggested that this
clock was originally in ebony, a finish listed in the catalog description.  He noted the black backboard and date stencil on
top of the paint, and the traces of ebony paint/stain in the crevices and carvings.  I looked carefully at the clock finish and
believe he is right.  The ebony finish has been removed; the only question that remains is what is the wood?  It still looks
like cherry to me!
Thanks, Brett!
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