Description

Ansonia Clock Co. “18-Inch Gallery”,ca. 1914. Ly shows this clock with a 24-inch-diameter dial (Ly, Ansonia Clocks & Watches, page 202), but this example has an 18-inch dial in a 23-inch refinished walnut case. The dial glass looks modern to me, the dial is paper with some yellowing and foxing; it may be original, as it bears the Ansonia logo and the wording “Thirty Day”. The hands are as shown in the catalog illustration. The large brass, spring-driven movement is double-wind, time-only, and runs 30 days or longer, and has an Ansonia die-stamp; my consignor says it runs 45 days. It is running with an overhead suspension pendulum. There is a door at the bottom to access the pendulum; no label. No sales of this 18-inch model that I can find. $150–$300.

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