$6,150
Joseph Ives Patent Looking Glass Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1820, mahogany scroll-top case with three brass urn finials, full-length door with reverse-painting enclosing the painted Roman numeral dial with teardrop blued steel hands flanked by bird's-eye maple corbels, reeded flat columns flank the looking glass over the lower reverse-painting on glass depicting a pagoda-roofed garden house and boats, the sponge-painted interior housing an eight-day iron plate movement with roller pinions, rack striking, two iron weights and long drop pendulum, ht. 54 1/2 in. Provenance: Robert C. Cheney; Terry and Karen Brotherton. Literature: A closely related clock is illustrated and discussed in Kenneth Roberts, The Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut Clock Technology 1810-1862 ; pp. 62-65.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
