Ansonia Clock Company, their best of the best mantle clocks, the "Columbia", ca 1904, with the "Shepherd Boy" statue.

Ansonia Clock Company, their best of the best mantle clocks, the "Columbia", ca 1904, with the "Shepherd Boy" statue. Ansonia made these for a short time; there-fore very few come on the market for sale. The company did not make them all identical; they would vary the finish on the applied ornaments and dials. Bruce Baziluk restored the clock to its original finish, silver ornaments on the base, friezes in silver, and a silver dial ring, every-thing else finished in bronze and gold colors. The Shepherd Boy has its original finish and although not mint perfect it was too nice to have refinished. The movement is 8 day, striking a gong on half hours and hours, running heartily. The enameled iron is also very nice. This is an awfully big and heavy clock, 25 inches high and 24.5 inches wide. If you have never owned or observed this model up close, you would never believe its size. This is the most impressive enameled iron clock or statue clock Ansonia made, and one that will see more appreciation in value than any of the others. It has always been undervalued. The ones we have sold in the past have gone to collectors who are laying them back, waiting on that appreciation. Ly-Ansonia #1581..