C.1840, Joseph Ives, Plainville, Farmington, Conn, "Hour Glass" clock with 30 hour single leaf spring movement.
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23 October 2024
A nearly identical clock is pictured in Brooks Palmer's Book of American Clocks , figure 245. Unknown to the reader is the fact that the backboard of the clock has been replaced, so there is no label. This work was done 75 years ago, and the workman applied stain to give it the semblance of age; if he had left the back bare, it would not look so bright by now. Tablet with touch up and one old crack at the top; one finial with damage to skirt. Movement is about half wound in detail image; see spring curving around the movement; ticks and strikes. If all original, this would have brought $15000+; still a very uncommon clock. Height 23 1/2"
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Hour Glass
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Ives, Joseph
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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C.1840, Joseph Ives, Plainville, Farmington, Conn, "Hour Glass" clock with 30 hour single leaf spring movement. A nearly identical clock is pictured in Brooks Palmer's Book of American Clocks , figure 245. Unknown to the reader is the fact that the backboard of the clock has been replaced, so there is no label. This work was done 75 years ago, and the workman applied stain to give it the semblance of age; if he had left the back bare, it would not look so bright by now. Tablet with touch up and one old crack at the top; one finial with damage to skirt. Movement is about half wound in detail image; see spring curving around the movement; ticks and strikes. If all original, this would have brought $15000+; still a very uncommon clock. Height 23 1/2"
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