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S.C. Spring & Co. Eight-day shelf clock, 1864-1868. Mr. Spring had a very distinctive style to his weight-driven shelf clocks, most noticeably the almost surreal tablet, unlike any other manufacturer’s. Here we seem to be looking through a portal or bridge opening to another bridge with what appears to be a full moon overhead; or am I dreaming? The case is 30.5 inches tall with rosewood veneer and tortoise shell columns and gold (painted?) capitals and plinths. Both glasses are old/original, the tablet has old tissue backing, but I don’t think it is original, as most of these tablets have been replaced. The style is correct. The contoured metal dial shows considerable chipping, the hands are period. The Joseph Ives-style 8-day, time-and-strike strap brass movement is running, driven by two large iron weights; the strike hammer is missing the wire gong and will need adjustment. The black and gold backwall label has lost much of the lettering. The most recent sale I can find was for $250 in 2016 at R.O. Schmitt. $200-$400.