AN AMERICAN BULKHEAD SHIP’S CLOCK FOR THE TOLEDO SHIPBUILDING COMPANY CIRCA 1900

the 6½in. silvered dial with maker’s mark for the Ashcroft Manufacturing Co., New York, numbered 4212 and inscribed to centre The Toledo Shipbuilding Company, Toledo, Ohio with red and black Arabic numerals, ebonised spade hands and two winding arbors to two-train going barrel movement contained within brass bulkhead case with hinged face plate -- 8¼ x 4in. (21 x 10cm.)

The Toledo Shipbuilding Company launched its first ship in 1890 and its last in 1979.

Condition Report

dial a little discoloured/rubbed but otherwise in good overall condition and running well. Unsigned but almost certainly by the Chelsea Clock Co.

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