Description
this clock is dusty and needs a little TLC. Droplets of something have discolored the top of the case; left return molding with a chip at rear various small losses to ebonized finish. The glass dial is original, but with crack from center across to 3 o'clock. Original green case liner and label are intact; label fully legible. And with a note in Doug's writing indicating he last wound the clock 19 June, 2006. The etched "lyre" motif tablet is original and excellent. Examples of the case & movement can be found in: "NAWCC supplement 16, summer 1987, Aaron Dodd crane, An American Original", and also this very clock (Shaffer's) with details is fully pictured in NAWCC supplement No. 9 (1973), page 83. Many of the clocks in today's sale are pictured in this same supplement. From the collection of Doug Shaffer. Ht 22"
Record courtesy of R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts