Welch, Spring & Co., Forestville, Conn., "Gale Drop Calendar Model No. 1" wall clock, 8 days, time and strike, spring driven movement with perpetual calendar, patented 1869 and produced from 1871 to 1874. The movement is housed in a rosewood veneer case

Welch, Spring & Co., Forestville, Conn., "Gale Drop Calendar Model No. 1" wall clock, 8 days, time and strike, spring driven movement with perpetual calendar, patented 1869 and produced from 1871 to 1874. The movement is housed in a rosewood veneer case with faux rosewood graining around top and a reverse painted lower tablet. The painted metal dial is marked "GALES PATENT Feb. 14th, 1871", c1871. both inner and outer top bezels have been refinished and regrained. The lower glass has been repainted. The minute and hour hands are replacements. There is some touch up to the lower month calendar subsidiary dial; otherwise dial paint is original. Retains full label with losses; faded. There is a similar rare early No. 1 with painted metal dial (predates the paper dial) pictured in Tran Duy Ly's "Calendar Clocks", page 48, figure 94. Ht 31"