C.1885, E.N. Welch for Francis Morse, Perpetual Calendar
Walnut Gingerbread. This is a very good example of a RARE clock. Andy Miller did his research correctly on this one. Benjamin Franklin of Chicago, was granted a patent for a perpetual mechanism designed to slide over the hand shaft of a conventional open spring movement. The patent was issued for this device that could be installed on your own clock, with no other changes than cutting a hole in the dial for the month to show through. Although sales of the mechanism on its own were not successful, Welch did manufacture a complete clock for Morse to sell. See Millers Survey of American Calendar Clocks, pages 150-51 for full details and a photo of this same model clock. Both labels on ours are weak, but by looking at the one in Millers you can see all the information is the same. Height 22 inches
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