Bosill Couri is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 5. 

The combined information from the 1900 U.S. Census, the 1905 Death Record of Bosell Couri, and the Portland Maine City Directory tells us that after emigrating from Syria; Bosell Couri was a jeweler in Portland Maine until his death in 1905 at age 31.  He was a jeweler with a close family member, probably a brother, Bshara G. Couri, with whom he shared a residence, and who continued to be a jeweler after the death of Bosell Couri. 

 There are pocket watches with locomotives on their dials bearing the signature “B. G. Couri Special” that were produced for his brother Bshara by other watch manufacturers. The first postcard below shows Soldiers’ Monument in downtown Portland Maine in 1905, the year of Bosill Couri’s death. The second postcard shows Congress Steet in Portland Maine in the early 1900’s.