Description
Various details such as the floral tablet, column with "finger prints", 2 spots of flaking on the bottom right & left edges of the dial and cracks in the iron façade around the calendar clearly identify this as the exact clock that appears in Miller's 1972 photograph. Josiah K. Seem patented this roller mechanism for installation atop American shelf clocks. Earlier (1868) he had patented another mechanism for use behind the dial of steeples, walnuts and other parlor clocks. The roller mechanism, however, was by far the rarest form with only a handful being produced. We have sold only 1 other Seem calendar clock in the last 20 years and this is an opportunity to purchase a rare clock that appears in reference material. Note that the clock portion utilizes a Seth Thomas 2-wt., 30 hr. column clock. Ht. 29 inches
Record courtesy of R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts