William S. Johnson, No. 20 Courtlandt Street, New York." ca 1850.
Miniature weight driven ogee clock in excellent original condition including the wood dial and original tablet painting of a street scene. As previously stated, Johnson bought cases and/or movements in the Bristol, Conn. area and marketed them from his New York storefront. The full backboard label, two great glasses, wood dial, weights, and brass bob, all are very good, and miraculously survived over 150 years. The mahogany veneer case is less than 20 inches high, and there is no problem worth expounding on. Papaw may have bumped the back edge in a place or two, but that is insignificant. The small 30- hour movement is unsigned but the movement and case were likely bought from Silas B. Terry. This is another of many rare clocks we recently acquired from a long time collector of early American shelf clocks. Other rare clocks from his collection are scattered throughout this catalog.
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