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Jan 2022 - #185
Antique American Clocks
Henry Sperry & Co. scroll-front, 1852-1858.
Located in NYC, Sperry bought clocks and clock
parts from various manufacturers and assembled them in New York.
The label inside is for J.L. Cobb & Co.; JL Cobb &
Co. is listed as a clock seller in the mid-1850's in New York.
This miniature scroll-front (17 inches) has a thick and dark
finish over a grain-painted front.
Both glasses are old but may be replacements, as the strips holding them in place look newer.
The tablet is clearly a Sperry-style tablet, but I suspect it is a repaint.
The flat metal dial may be an old repaint, it bears
the Sperry company name and location.
The hands are period.
The time-and-strike movement is unsigned and should run for
It is running and striking as expected on the wire gong.
A dark label inside. Almost all of Sperry's clocks are
simple cottages, which again makes this scroll-front example suspect; scroll-fronts are more typically of Brewster Mfg. Co.
Well, nevertheless, it's an attractive clock.