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Fine and Rare Aaron Dodd Crane Carousel Year-going Astronomical Timepiece

Fine and Rare Aaron Dodd Crane Carousel Year-going Astronomical TimepieceFine and Rare Aaron Dodd Crane Carousel Year-going Astronomical Timepiece

Hammer Price w/ BP

$78,000

Lot #: 256
Fine and Rare Aaron Dodd Crane Carousel Year-going Astronomical Timepiece

Boston Clock Company, circa 1850. Gilt frame on a marble base. Original painted metal dial, skeletonized fusee movement, signed Boston Clock Co., 375 Days and with 1841 to 1855 patent dates. Sun disk and moon ball with shutter, with glass dome on ebonized base.

Literature Note: Frederick Shelly. "Aaron Dodd Crane - An American Original". NAWCC Bulletin Supplement 16, Summer 1987 (for comparison).

Catalogue Note: One of perhaps four surviving similar clocks.

Ht. 20 x W 11 in.
Provenance
Terwilliger Silent Auction, Bronxville, New York, February 1977.
Collection of Dr. Stephen Wallace, Cheshire, CT.
Auction Date
Sep 30, 2023

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