Sold for:
$5,629
$5,629
No. 8 Walnut Regulator by Welch, Spring & Company, Forestville, Connecticut, 9-inch dia. enameled dial with Roman numerals, full length glazed door flanked by free-standing columns, molded edge and carving, carved and turned cresting and pedestal, eight-day nickel plate two-weight time-only movement with dead-beat escapement, gilt wooden pendulum rod, brass faced bob and cast beat scale with maker's name, ht. 62 in. Literature: Tran Duy Ly, Welch Clocks , p. 105. dial chipping around hand arbor, hairlines in numeral 5 area winding hole, lacking extreme top on cresting, lower pedestal broken and lacking finials, age consistent imperfections.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
