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Catalog Description: C.1885, Seth Thomas, “Banner Lever”, 8 inch dial and in generally good condition. Uses ST reliable double spring time movement. Has original backboard and original full round rear label (with losses). Note the dial was re-papered around 25 years ago, and brushed over with some stain to add a look of age to it. The spun brass case is in generally good condition, with some small dents, especially around the circumference where the body meets the backboard. Height 11 inches

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Catalog Description: C.1930, Seth Thomas Clock Co., Thomaston, Conn, “Banjo No. 4″ . 8-day banjo timepiece, spring driven. Condition: Mahogany case in extra nice condition with an original finish. Tablets, hands, eagle finial and pendulum are original. Original silvered dial is very clean except for scratches around the winding arbor. Remains of a label on the back, plus original factory price tag ($30.00). About as GOOD as it gets for a spring banjo. Ht 30” [76.8 cm]

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Catalog Description: Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Banjo No. 3”, ca 1929. 30 inch mahogany case with blue panels, gold ornamentation. Blue is flaking. Would be fine if rebacked with the same shade of blue. Polished brass eagle, side ornaments, bezel, and pendulum. 8 day, time only, runs but out of beat. Ly-Seth Thomas No.35.

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Catalog Description: Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Banjo No. 2”, ca 1929. 8 day, 4 jeweled lever movement No.1125, rod strike on hours and half hours. 29 inch mahogany case with original decorated panels, polished brass side ornaments and eagle. 5 inch silvered dial, 2 labels on the back, convex glass. Clock should be serviced. Ly-Seth Thomas No.32.

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Catalog Description: Seth Thomas “Banjo No. 2”, ca 1929. 8 day, 4-jewel movement, strikes hours and half hours on a vertical rod, and is running. 29 inch mahogany case has decorated panels depicting ocean battles. Polished brass side ornaments, eagle, and bezel. Glass over the dial is convex and beveled. 5 inch silver dial. The clock shows very little wear. Ly-Seth Thomas No.32.

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Catalog Description: C.1929, Seth Thomas, Banjo Clock “No. 2 ,”in a mahogany case with naval battle tablets, and in need of work. This clock fell off the wall at some time and the top drum was broken (now with repair); the tablets survived OK. The round plywood dustcover is missing (simple to make), and the eagle is a smaller replacement. Movement is the no. 123 balance lever 8-day with cathedral gong. If original it would be worth $300. Height 28” $90-120

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Catalog Description: C.1929, Seth Thomas Clock Co., “Banjo No. 1″, 8-day timepiece, in very good original condition, un-restored. Both tablets are original and outstanding (Perry’s Victory). The painted dial has had a little touchup and part of the Seth Thomas name has been gone over with pen. The hands and eagle are original. The clock has a heavy brass bezel. Despite the dial touchup this a very nice example that will restore nicely. Height 37.5” $250-$350

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Catalog Description: Seth Thomas novelty clock, “Bangor”, C. 1915. Walnut case 4.5″ high, 2″ porcelain dial, beveled glass, one day time. No wind key. Ly-Seth Thomas #1392.

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Catalog Description: Seth Thomas mantle clock, unnamed in the catalogs, but given the names, “Balltop”, and “Eclipse”, by the collectors. Both names are obvious. It could well have been another of the “Giant” series as it is 24.5″ high. This case is walnut, very, very dark with an accumulation of 100 years of smoke and other pollutants. If you like original, this is the one. The dial, pendulum, glass, label, gong and bell, all original. Like so many of the balltops I have had this one also has a small label on the door, “No. S, 3621”, which I will speculate means it was made either in 1912 or 1921, as S is the 19th letter of the alphabet and Seth liked to do their dates of manufacture, backwards. The movement is 8 day, striking a coil gong, and alarming on a brass bell. Although dirty looking, it runs fine. No official mention in Seth Thomas catalogs, but Tran Duy Ly pictured it on page 479 of his last Seth Thomas book.

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Catalog Description: Seth Thomas hanging “Balltop” or “Eclipse” kitchen clock. This is one of the nicest I have had with a couple of exceptions. It is a clean walnut case, 27 inches high, with the original glass, Eclipse pendulum, and full label on the backboard. There is another label on the door that says, “No.P.3351”. Lyre movement is 8 day, brass , Geneva stops, striking the hours on a wire gong and alarms on a brass bell, and is running. This clock came to us without the alarm mechanism. They can be purchased from Timesavers for $11. Now has a paper dial on the old zinc pan. This would surely be a keeper if you would install an alarm and have the dial painted.

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