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Unread 06-12-2023, 08:36 AM   #21
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Right-side up.

What company manufactured the clock?
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Here are two Wm. Reed and Son Gun cabinets that I have been fortunate to have acquired over the years. One came from the Asa Packer Estate and the other from a residence on Lake Placid, NY. The one in NY was on the third floor of a summer residence and I had to round up some heavy duty young fellows to help me lower it down from the bedroom deck in a rope sling, and I wasn't Navy. There was only a spiral stair case going up, so it must have been lifted to get there in the past. I have two different Wm. Reed catalogs from the 1880's and they are pictured and the only difference being the hardware.

Mom, commandeered one for her glassware, the other is mine, I think! Well, this old fart can't rotate the photos, please feel free to do so for me. Thank You!
Very nice looking gun cases. Thanks for posting.
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Unread 06-12-2023, 11:00 AM   #23
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Good Morning Russel,

Here are a few photos of the clock and included is my orig Fox trap gun, to keep this thread on track. This has been in our family as long as I can remember, and Dad kept it running when I was a kid, then it would only run for short periods. In the '80's he took it to a clock man in Allentown for a long overdue cleaning and now it runs for nearly a day per wind and keeps time to +/- 5 minutes per day when company visits. It is a family clock from my Dad's Pa. Dutch side, that was a wedding present in the late 1800's. Everyone seems to like it, is it a desirable piece??
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Unread 06-12-2023, 12:31 PM   #24
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Nice Foxes, Tom.
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Parker listing in the 1906 Wm. Read & Sons catalog
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From the Wm. Read & Sons 1906 catalog --

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With all the interest in Wm Read & Sons, I felt compelled to dig mine out of the safe. A 16ga w/28" barrels and good dimensions it fits me well, as it did in the early 90s when discovered at the Kittery Trading Post.
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that's a fine looking gun.....charlie
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