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Antique American Clocks
E.N. Welch ripple-front steeple, ca. 1860.
This is a later ripple-front likely acquired from
J.C. Brown by Welch in 1855 when Brown went bankrupt.
The rosewood veneer is excellent, with a deep, lustrous finish.
The finials are likely later replacements and both glasses are modern replacements as well; the tablet is cut glass.
has been repainted, the hands are incorrect.
There is a very dark, unreadable green label inside; green labels are found in
other Welch ripple-front clocks from this period.
The 8-day time-and-strike movement is signed Welch and is running and striking
on the wire gong; the alarm is untested.
I can find no other examples of Welch ripple-front steeples in Ly's book on Welch clocks,
nor in the Antique Clocks Price Guide; the only ripple-front examples I can find are round gothics (beehives) and four-column gothics
(onion tops), making this steeple rather unusual.