Description
Only 7 or 8 were made and today they sell for many thousand dollars. In the mid 1900's Seth Thomas reproduced a number of the violins using their movements. The clocks were almost identical to the original with some minor differences. I would estimate this clock is at least 50 years old. In the 1970-1990 period we began to see violin reporductions coming from the Far East. The quality of materials and workmanship were way below the Seth Thomas standards and you can easily spot one. There is no way to prove when or where this one was made, however I know it was made in the USA and probably by Seth Thomas. It has an 8 day signed lyre movement, strikes a coil gong, and is running briskly. Most of the repros had an alarm. All the carvings, glass, workman-ship are first class. Dial is paper on old pan. The case is 31.5 inches high, 13.25 inches wide, real strings on the violin (Originals did not), old brass pendulum. The case is in excellent original condition. References: Several Bulletin articles, Two Hundred Years of American Clocks & Watches, page 171.
Record courtesy of Horton's Antique Clocks