Seth Thomas Mantle Clock with Key. Brass top handle and glass outer face that opens on a right-side hinge. Small glass windows display the mechanism within on both the sides, with the back solid. Rich wood on the outside with ornate patterning forming a square on the metal inner surface around the round clock face, with "Seth Thomas" in the upper hemisphere. The hour numbers are in Roman numerals with five minute increments written above each one, and there are only hour and minute hands, no seconds hand. Branded on back with a label attached inside that gives information about the company. Comes with key for the mechanism, which bears the words "Made in Germany for Seth Thomas A Talley Industries Co. Thomaston, Conn, U.S.A. Two (2) Jewels A403-002 8306 Unadjusted." 

Size: 8 x 15 x 17 in. 

The Seth Thomas Clock Company was founded by Seth Thomas in Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut in 1813, and was formally incorporated in 1853, twenty two years before the town changed its name to Thomaston in his honor. The company manufactured clock movements for the Self Winding Clock Company from 1886 through the early 1890s, in addition to its standard offering of longcase, mantel, wall, and table-top clocks, and Thomas banjo clocks, inspired by Simon Willard’s 1802 design, are iconic American timepieces produced by the company up til the late 19th Century. Many of their older works are highly collectible today, valued for their historical significance, craftsmanship, and reflection of early American industrialization. In 1926 Seth Thomas Clock Company filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for trademark protection of the Seth Thomas brand which is still active today, although the company ceased operations and went into receivership in 2009.

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