R. E. Northrup, New Haven, 8 day, time and strike, weight Salem Bridge movement shelf clock, c1830. Northrup was a case maker and traded movements for cases from Clark and cased up clocks with his own label. There are also examples of this same case style

R. E. Northrup, New Haven, 8 day, time and strike, weight Salem Bridge movement shelf clock, c1830. Northrup was a case maker and traded movements for cases from Clark and cased up clocks with his own label. There are also examples of this same case style by Northrup with a wooden movement. This clock was sold at our auction in Oct. 2005, item 334. Refinished mahogany veneered case in very good condition. Original reserve painted tablet of a boy fishing at the lake, has a single horizontal crack. Left carved foot has some damage to a couple of the toes. Carved crest has a little damage to the leaf tip on the right side and to a small fruit carving in the basket. Original painted dial is very clean for its age with some extra screw holes on the bottom. Nice label inside case. A nice example of Salem Bridge work by a rare maker. Ht 31 1/2".