Seth Thomas, Weight Driven Clock with Early US Symbol (1855 – 1860)
I recently acquired a Seth Thomas, weight driven, mantel clock. Mantel clocks are not rare. You can walk into just about any junk store and find an old, functioning mantel clock. Where it gets exciting is when you can place the clock to a particular time period (Civil War, WWI, WWII, etc.). In this case, the clock had a distinctive eagle on the front holding the classic arrows and olive branches. The eagle’s head is…
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