$7,380
Joseph Ives Gilt Patent Looking Glass Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1820, the dovetailed mahogany box with carved and gilt-gesso framed full-length door, the upper section with reverse-painted tablet of a country scene and lower pendulum aperture, the lower a looking glass, painted iron Arabic numeral dial and teardrop blued steel hands, the door opens to a sponge-painted and wallpapered interior, eight-day time and strike iron plate, short drop movement with rolling pinions, recoil escapement, rack and snail strike, two iron weights and pendulum, ht. 48 in. Provenance: Terry and Karen Brotherton. Literature: Illustrated and discussed in American Shelf and Wall Clocks , p 227.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
