SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE LARGE COLUMN & CORNICE MANTEL CLOCK BEAUTIFUL, RUNS GREAT!

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This is a SUPERIOR example of a LARGE BEAUTIFUL very old original clock. This is an EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL RARE AND EXCITING ORIGINAL example of a very early Seth Thomas Column and Cornice Mantle Clock. Ladies and gentlemen; THIS IS A CLOCK!!! It's getting extremely hard to fine one this nice! It has a perfect running 30 hour weight driven time and strike movement. It was made circa 1865. It is an extremely classy mantle clock in need of a warm loving home. This clock is weight driven and not spring driven. Weights keep better time than springs as springs run slightly fast when they are first wound and lose power as they wind down and cause the clock to slow down somewhat before windings. The movement runs very well and keeps good time. The movement is in superior running condition. (After all these years!) Also this clock looks like it was cherished its whole life This is one of the very early HIGH QUALITY clocks made by Seth Thomas , founder of the Seth Thomas Clock Co. Seth Thomas and Thomas Hoadley were apprentices to the first American Clockmaker to use interchangeable parts. His name was Eli Terry. Eli Terry bought land for his first clock "factory" in 1799. After a few years of working with Eli Terry, Seth Thomas set off on his own and started the famous Seth Thomas Clock Company. His company was in the Seth Thomas family all the way until the 1960s. It flourished so well mainly due to the family making very high quality clocks. This clock is a perfect example. If the Maytag repairman thinks he's lonely... This clock is well over 170 years old and still going strong! The name Seth Thomas is synonymous with high quality and good taste. Not always the first on the scene with the latest movement "improvement" or flashy case style, Seth Thomas was slow to adopt changes and only when the marketplace had given it acceptance to other companys' breakthrough advances would Seth Thomas slowly and carefully bring their high quality clocks to the marketplace. The results, however, were always the same. When the Seth Thomas clock arrived it was an instant success and it captured the market. As the years have passed, the quality of Seth Thomas clocks has been proven over and over. They are the best.The clock movement is signed Seth Thomas Plymouth Hollow. Seth Thomas died in 1859 and many of the residents of Plymouth Hollow wanted to change the name of their town of Thomaston to honor Mr. Thomas. The original town name was just Plymouth with the first post office using this name opening on January 1, 1803. Plymouth had an area called the "Hollow" which is where Seth Thomas built his factory but the Hollow never had a post office of its own. On December 22, 1831, the town of Plymouth was divided with the name of the one section changed to Terrysville to honor the Terry family who made clocks in that part of town. A new post office in Plymouth Hollow opened on July 7, 1837. After Thomas died Congress and the Connecticut legislature were petitioned to change the name of Plymouth Hollow to Thomaston to honor Thomas. Congress approved the petition before the state did and the post office changed its name on the official records on January 25, 1865. After waiting another ten years the state legislature was again petitioned and Thomaston was officially incorporated in 1875. The first Seth Thomas clocks made with Thomaston on the label were produced in 1865. The movements continued with the name of Plymouth Hollow until the old dies were worn and new ones with Thomaston could be made. According to a statement by a man who worked for Seth Thomas in the Waterbury American newspaper dated February 24, 1868, the first clock with a Thomaston label was made in November of 1865.This clock is much more beautiful than the pictures. It is very large, heavy and measures 25 inches high, 15 inches wide and 5 inches deep. This clock works beautifully and keeps GREAT/PERFECT time. The ROSEWOOD case is beautiful ALL ORIGINAL AND IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION! THE BEAUTIFUL COLUMNS ARE ORIGINAL! It was made by a master craftsman for sure by the qualit... read more

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