The movement in this clock runs 8 days, it is signed,
ing. There are no new parts, breaks, or
nal. That is a miracle, for this model
somewhere on the top. The dial board
The hands, glass, pendulum door,
the picture. Ly-Calendar, page 137. $1500-$2000.
size as the No.2 at 40.5" high, but is deeper and much
heavier, I suppose because the No.3 has the
heavy quarter hour striking Westminster
Chime movement. We sold the No. l and
No. 2 Banjo s in the July 2009 auction.
This is perhaps the most valuable of the
three and harder to find, particularly in
this condition, but it has one big fault. The
lower glass looks great in the case and any-
one but a serious collector would never rec-
ognize that the glass is not original.
Someone found a glass that is beveled and
very decorative and awfully close in
looks to an original, and even feels like
cut glass on the back side. The throat
glass, pendulum, stick, metal dial, hands,
eagle, and side ornaments are all correct. We
sold a very nice No.3 in our October 2005 auc-
tion for near $8000. Ly-Ansonia #98. $2000-$2500.
Company, / Terryville, Conn., USA / Patented by / S. B.
mahogany case is 9", cleaned
years ago, now in beautiful
condition, with a brass sash
repair the paint. Old hands, fast/slow adjuster near the
one winding arbor. I wound the clock and it ran just as
the previous owner said it would. This is a very rare S.
B. Terry collectable clock. $1000-$1500.
Co.", ca 1890. The pendulum depicts a blacksmith
working at the forge. As the pendulum swings his arm
moves up and down pumping air to
the forge. The cast pendulum is
6" tall. The wood case is
ebonized, and stands 20"
tall, and it has blocks on the
sides like green marble or
adamantine finish. The case is
very decorative, primarily
black but with some green and
gold for accent. Full door,
glass bordered by gold trim,
and there is also some gold
trim on the case sides.
Painted dial, machined dial
rings, good hands and key. The dial board
and inside of the case is covered with an oil cloth like
material. The gong base is signed, "Union Clock Co.".
Brass 8 day movement is not signed, but is running
strong and striking on a coil gong. $1000-$1250.
musical automaton by Roulette Et Decamps. When the
green, and no doubt has faded some over the past 120
years. $1500-$2000.
lection of fine clocks and I
though, whoopee, I have hit the
jackpot. I knew it was some-
thing very rare but then I saw it
was not signed anywhere. I
knew I had seen a picture of it
somewhere, but where I began
looking thru Tran Duy Ly s
"Calendar Clocks" book and
found a clock almost identical in
the Ithaca section, a clock my
uncle (I wish) Henry B. Horton
called simply, a "Skeleton"
clock. Some talented American craftsman or an equally
talented Chinese person has made this almost identical
copy of the original Ithaca Skeleton. It stands 19" tall
without the dome in place, and 20.5" with the dome
when it is over the clock, resting on the wood base. The
frame, dials, hands, bell, and pendulum, are all silver
plated. It is running and the calendar is changing. If it
was only original I would have a $30,000 clock. I have
never seen a real one and have never talked to anyone
who had one. I believe if I were an Ithaca collector I
would want this clock for my collection. See Ithaca s
"Skeleton" in Ly-Calendar, page 149. $1000-$2000.
Swiss movement, ca 1880. It is a quarter repetition on
a lever then turning the crown. The
small dial is porcelain with black
ed scene functions properly when the repetition is
engaged. It is a circa 1880 repeater watch in what
appears to be a later case. The diameter of the case is a
little over 2.25" wide, at least a 12 size I would guess.
All functions are working properly. $1500-$2500.
copied from the brass 8 day movement in this very rare
gallery clock, ca 1845-1850. Note the
complete paper label on the back-
board that says, Chauncey Jerome
/ Manufacturer Of / Eight and
One Day / Brass Clocks, / Time
Pieces and Marine Levers / New
Haven, Conn. / U.S.A.". The orig-
inal metal painted dial is 12", and
signed on the bottom rim, "C. Jerome
N. Haven Ct". The mahogany case is 15" in diameter
and in looking at the case from the side it appears to be
made in three layers, and there is bowed inward
between the front and back layers. The one inch rim
around the top is veneered the rest of the case is solid
mahogany. Another Jerome touch is the push button on
the side to release the brass bezel. The hands and old
brass bob we would assume to be original for every-
thing else about the clock also appears to be original.
The movement is an internal fusee, time only, and in
running condition. $1750-$2000.
of one case where someone
of the metal. This engine is 18.5" long, 17.5" high, and
9.5" deep. The 8 day movement is brass, running, strik-
ing hours and half hours on the train s bell. It has a
porcelain dial and aneroid barometer, identical to the
original engines. Automated wheels have a separate
movement from the clock. When turned on by the brake
lever in front the wheels turn like it is running on the
track, but only on the half hours and hours. It is very
heavy because it is solid brass and solid marble. The
engine can sit on the marble base or stand alone if you
prefer. We have sold a few of these in recent years and
I hope it was not one of our engines that some
unscrupulous person switched movements and pawned
it off on someone as an expensive French Industrial
Train. $1250-$1500.
Company, / Terryville, Conn. U.S.A., / Patented By / S.
B. Terry, October 5th, 1852", copied
from the paper label on the back
of the 9" octagon marine cased
clock with a balance move-
ment. The label is slightly
worn, about 90% still intact.
The movement is signed,
"Patented / October 5th, 1852".
This 9" octagon case has the orig-
inal black on the case, never cleaned,
probably has a replaced glass, and has an original aged
metal dial. Some small paint chips, old paint repairs,
good hands, and the balance movement is running. This
is another rare and collectable S. B. Terry clock. $1000-
$1500.