I have seen clocks similar to yours listed from $200 to $800 and beyond depending on quality, rarity, condition, or uniquiness. Your clock appears to be in very good condition and runs placing it above the $200 mark. The older collectibles of course, carries a higher price than later models. Keep researching your clock. It may turn out to be a very nice piece. Open the clock and look carefully for any sign of a date. Is there a serial number on the clock works? If so, this can be used to date the mechanism. Is there any kind of serial number inside the clock case? Is there a label or repairman's note pasted iside (with a date). Very often, clock faces were made by job shops (supplers) to a clock maker. Your clock face has roman numerals all pointing toward the center of the face, thus the numeral, VI, is upside down. This places the face before a transition date. At some point in history, clock makers began turing over the bottom half of the roman numerals so that numerals from 4 through 8 or 9 were right side up. Do some searching for this date as it may provide a clue to age. However, modern pieces can have a face emulating an old style numeral orientation.

pattycakes - Thanks, I love the idea of changing things periodically. I do have some special decorations for the Christmas season, but other than that, I'm hoping to swap out the hydrangeas for fall foliage, twigs, or whatever is in season. folkvictorian - The creamy colored items were what drew me to the inspiration picture. I probably wouldn't have thought to use such a light color, but when I saw the picture, I knew it could work. Anything dark gets lost against the brown tones of the stone. teacats - Thank you, and I am a flower garden girl who loves anything with blooms. oakleyok - I struggled with this spot for the past several years, so if I've saved you any grief with your own mantel, I'm very glad! Did you post about your mantel before? I seem to remember reading something about someone's situation, and I don't recall if it was you or not. carolefm and jeane - Thanks, and I'm glad if the hearth doesn't need anything, as I've pushed my decorating pea brain as far as it can go for awhile - LOL. kitchenkelly - Thank you! It means a lot to hear positive feedback from this group. I am such a novice that I always feel hesitant to post pictures of my humble attempts, but I'm glad I did now. natal - I purchased the tin from an antique dealer online, and it came painted this way. I do like the natural color, but again, it would get somewhat lost in the stone background if too much were exposed. Maybe I can sand some more off, but I'm a little chicken to try that.

I have an old wooden box that has Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit with the address also written on the side sitting beside my husband's recliner being used as an end table...2 six pane windows with the glass replaced with mirrors hanging on the wall..an old wooden shutter just leaning against a wall..haven't decided what to do with it yet...found it floating in the lake... I have 3 wall shelves made out of boards from an old chicken coop from when I was young..several pieces of different sized drift wood decorated and hanging on the walls..an old bird cage hanging from the ceiling..a fruit crate I nailed to the wall(bottom against the wall) that I use for a shelf, with old bowls sitting in it..I also just set one on the floor with a lamp sitting on top.. a log that was also found at the lake that is hollowed out that I set a hanging vine planter in sitting in my living room...and the last project that was just finished before xmas, we cut small trees for curtain rods and wrapped grapevine all around them and made wooden brackets to hang them with, these are above my dining and living room windows..and then I hung little wooden and rustic stars, hearts and angel ornaments from them. Vicki

Groveraxle's arrangement on the mantle is perfect! Can you remove and/or adjust the shelving, e.g. maybe only two shelves on the left and three on the right? On the top left shelf you could have then have two objects and on the bottom shelf three taller (a single and a pair). On the right shelves two objects on top, one in the middle and two on the bottom....or something along this line to keep it really simple and give each of the items space for visual impact against the the wood backdrop. You have lots of nice items to choose from and it would be fun to see things displayed a bit differently.