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Jul 2021 - #139
Antique American Clocks
Smith & Goodrich miniature OG fusee alarm, 1847-1852.
A 19-inch OG (actually, an OOG) case
with walnut veneer and burl walnut on the front, all in excellent condition with a great finish.
The dial glass is a replacement,
the lower glass period with an interesting eagle and star stencil.
The painted metal dial is original, clean, with some fading.
The hands are original and the hour hand has a diametric pointer for the alarm setting.
The 30-hour time, strike, and alarm
triple fusee movement is unsigned.
It is running and striking on the wire gong; the alarm was not tested.
The alarm winds
on a small fusee spool from the lower arbor; I think it is interesting that even the alarm has a fusee.
I guess they wanted
a steady ring.
There is a beat-up paper label inside with enough information to reveal the makers.
S&G made OG cases
in three sizes, 15, 19, and 26 inches; most of the examples you see are the 15-inch sub-miniature OG, which typically contains a fusee
time-and-strike movement.
This 19-inch OG (OOG) is less common; I can only find a couple of examples, and none contain a triple
fusee (time, strike, and alarm) movement.
I can find no recent sales of the 19-inch OG in any conformation.