Description
Chauncey Jerome 8-day fusee steeple, 1845-1850. A 20-inch sharp gothic with good mahogany veneer and a clean finish. Both glasses are period/original with a preserved tablet of McLean Asylum in Somerville, Mass. The original metal dial has been papered over, the hands are period/original. The 8-day, double-fusee movement is unsigned; it winds on brass fusees below the movement. It is running and striking on the wire gong, and there is an alarm hooked up but untested; the alarm strikes on a brass bell above the alarm. There is a good label inside. $125–$250.
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