Sold for:
$1,225
$1,225
Rolling Verge Cottage Clock Attributed to Atkins, Whiting & Company, Bristol, Connecticut, 1850-55, the glazed flat bevel door over the painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, lower door with transfer decorated tablet depicting the U. S. Capitol Building, brass serpentine-shaped plate, thirty-hour movement with 28 tooth escape wheel, roller pallets and countwheel strike, printed maker's label inside bottom board, ht. 11 1/2 in. For additional information on these interesting clocks, see Kenneth D. Roberts, The Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut Clock Technology, 1810-1862 , revised 2nd edition 1989, pp. 328-30.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
