Antique. Seth Thomas Wall Clock Queen Bee

ANTIQUE SETH THOMAS WALL CLOCK. THIS MODEL IS CALLED “QUEEN BEE” AND WAS MADE BY THE ICONIC SETH THOMAS FACTORY IN THOMASTON CONNECTICUT EXCLUSIVELY FOR SALE AT THE FORMER L. PRICE DEPARTMENT STORE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI AT THE HEIGHT OF THE EXHUBERANT VICTORIAN PERIOD. THE CLOCK APPEARS TO BE ALL ORIGINAL WITH AN ORNAMENTED GOLDEN OAK CASE. THE GLASS AND ORIGINAL STENCIL ARE BOTH INTACT. THE CASE HAS THE UNUSUAL FEATURE OF A BUILT-IN SPIRIT LEVEL TO ASSIST IN HANGING THE CLOCK ON A LEVEL PLANE FOR ADJUSTMENT AND TO INSURE THAT THE CLOCK REMAINS IN BEAT. THE ORIGINAL KEY IS OF COURSE INCLUDED. THE ORIGINAL PAPER LABEL, ANNOUNCING THAT IT WAS MADE FOR THE LB PRICE COMPANY IS AFFIXED TO THE BACK OF THE CASE AND IS IN REMARKABLE CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE. THE CLOCK HAS THE VERY DESIRABLE. “SLOW STRIKE” CATHEDRAL GONG STRIKING MECHANISM, RESULTING IN A SLOW, DEEP SOUNDING TONE THAT IS REMINISCENT OF LARGER STRIKING CLOCKS, RATHER THAN THE FAST PACED STRIKING OF MANY KITCHEN CLOCKS OF THE ERA. IT IS AN EIGHT-DAY MOVEMENT WITH STRIKING ON THE HOUR AND THE HALF-HOUR. THE ALARM MECHANISM IS ABSENT. MEASURES APPROPRIATELY 30 INCHES HIGH, 16 INCHES WIDE ANS 5 INCHES DEEP. IT WILLBE PACKED WITH THE UTMOST CARE, WITH ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR THE DELICATE GLASS TABLET.