E. Howard & Co., Boston, Mass., a rare, large double dial public clock with frosted glass dials, the 30 inch dials contained in a turned cylindrical case with wooden bezels, with counter weighted spade hands, and supported by a wooden, tapered, hollow pilaster with heavy molded base and top, all in black paint and with yellow pinstriping following the contours of the various sections, 8 day, signed, weight driven timepiece movement with recoil escapement, set and wound through the lower part of the turned case, damascened, brass clad pendulum with wooden rod, and cast iron weight

case good, with wear and losses to surface, minor marks and scratches, dials replaced, hands repainted, weight access door at base replaced, movement dirty, oily, and with staining, winding arbor with soldered repair at U joint, pendulum bob polished, damascening just visible, pendulum rod with minor losses to finish, weight replaced. An unusual timepiece, perhaps used in an arcade where the dials would have been visible through doors at night, or perhaps a railroad station.

84 x 36 x 13 in