Rare And Collectible Clocks : 1828 Value Guide - Price List

Sold on eBay Sep, 18th 2020

Edmund Currier Salem MA Gold Front Weight Driven Presentation Banjo Clock Orig !

Sold on eBay December 28th, 2024

Antique c1822-1828 Mahogany&Pine Cased Reverse Painted Banjo Clock w/Brass Arms

Sold on eBay Feb 09, 2022

Antique American Tall Case / Grandfather Clock c. 1845

Sold on eBay Oct, 4th 2020

George IV Grandfather Clock By William Massey

Sold on eBay Aug 08, 2022

Gilbert Iron Front Mother of Pearl Shelf Clock

Sold on eBay Feb 25, 2022

VINTAGE INGRAHAM "DAKOTA MODEL" MANTEL CLOCK, ROSEWOOD A BEAUTY

Sold on eBay Nov 30, 2020

antique wooden works "THIN PLATE" clock by Jerme and Darrow 1828

Sold on eBay May 19th, 2024

RARE 3/4 SIZE BREWSTER & INGRAHAMS STEEPLE CLOCK ca.1846, GOLD FINIALS & FEET

3/4 SIZE BREWSTER & INGRAHAMS, BRISTOL, CT. STEEPLE OR SHARP GOTHIC SHELF CLOCK MADE ca.1846 ELISHA C. BREWSTER & CO. MADE THE MOVEMENTS AND BROTHERS ELIAS AND ANDREW INGRAHAM MADE THE CASES TO PRODUCE FINISHED CLOCKS BY BREWSTER & INGRAHAMSVERY NICE BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD VENEER COVERED CASE WITH OLDER OR PERHAPS ORIGINAL FINISH; FINISH SHOWS SOME 'CHECKERING' DUE TO AGEUNUSUAL GOLD-LEAFED FINIALS AND BALL FEETCLOCK IS SIGNED 'BREWSTER & INGRAHAMS' INSIDE ON THE LABEL AND ON THE MOVEMENT FRONT PLATE (SEE PHOTOS)LABEL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR A CLOCK OF THIS AGEORIGINAL DIAL SHOWS SOME PAINT LOSS ON LOWER EDGE AND AROUND THE TIME SIDE WINDING OPENING; SOME YELLOWING ALSO PRESENT30-HR. MODIFIED CHARLES KIRK STYLE MOVEMENT IS RUNNING FINE (I JUST RE-OILED THE PIVOTS); THE PIVOT HOLES LOOK TIGHT AND THE STEEL SPRINGS LOOK NEWERVERY COLORFUL ORIGINAL 'PRESIDENT'S HOUSE' ENGRAVED SCENE ON THE LOWER GLASS; SHOWS SOME LOSSBOTH HANDS ARE ORIGINALTHIS IS SIMILAR TO THE EXAMPLE I JUST SOLD THIS EVENING EXCEPT FOR THE STYLE OF FINIALS AND FEET AND THE DECORATED GLASS. THIS IS THE LAST 3/4 STEEPLE THAT I HAVE FOR SALE. AS FAR AS I KNOW 3/4 SIZE STEEPLE CLOCKS WERE ONLY MADE BY BREWSTER & INGRAHAMS OF BRISTOL, CT SOMETIME IN THE TIME PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 1846 TO 1850. NO OTHER CLOCK MANUFACTURER MADE THIS STYLE OF STEEPLE CLOCK. ELIAS INGRAHAM MOST LIKELY DESIGNED THE STEEPLE OR SHARP GOTHIC CLOCK CASE WHILE ELISHA BREWSTER PROVIDED MOVEMENTS INITIALLY INVENTED BY CHARLES KIRK WHO WAS A JOINT JUNIOR PARTNER AND FOREMAN IN E. C. BREWSTER & CO. THESE CLOCKS ARE APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 1-1/2 INCHES LESS IN WIDTH THAN THE MORE COMMON FULL SIZED STEEPLE CLOCKS MADE BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS. OFTEN THE HEIGHT IS REDUCED BY AN INCH OR SO ALSO. (THIS CLOCK MEASURES 19-3/4" H x 8-3/4" W x 3-1/4" D). THE SIZE REDUCTION IS MOST EVIDENT WHEN VIEWING THESE CLOCKS FROM THE FRONT AS ALL THE FRONT COMPONENTS ARE SMALLER IN WIDTH THAN THOSE ON THE FULL SIZE STEEPLES. ALL OF THE 3/4 STEEPLES I HAVE OBSERVED ARE BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD VENEERED LIKE THIS EXAMPLE. 3 STYLES OF CASES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED BASED ON THE STYLE OF FINIALS USED. A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES SHOW THE NORMAL, TAPERED FINIALS SIMILAR TO THOSE OBSERVED ON MANY OF THE FULL SIZED STEEPLE CLOCKS. THESE ARE NORMALLY NARROWER, AND, THUS 'SLEEKER' THAN THE FULL SIZED EXAMPLES. THE SECOND STYLE, LIKE THIS EXAMPLE, HAS DELICATELY TURNED FINIALS THAT HAVE BEEN COATED WITH GESSO AND GOLD-LEAFED. THESE CLOCKS ALSO HAVE SMALL BALL FEET THAT HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH GESSO AND GOLD-LEAFED. THE 3RD STYLE HAS 'CROSS' FINIALS LIKE OBSERVED ON THE CLOCK I SOLD IN AN AUCTION THAT ENDED THIS EVENING. BOTH THE 'CROSS FINIAL' AND GOLD LEAFED STYLES ARE REASONABLEY RARE WITH THE 'CROSS FINIAL' STYLE BEING THE SLIGHTLY RARER OF THE TWO. THE LAST PHOTO SHOWS 2 DOCUMENTED EXAMPLES OF THIS CLOCK THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND. THE PHOTO TO THE LEFT IS FOUND ON PAGE 105 OF THE BOOK TITLED AMERICAN SHELF AND WALL CLOCKS BY ROBERT W. D. BALL. THIS CLOCK RESIDES IN THE AMERICAN CLOCK AND WATCH MUSEUM IN BRISTOL, CT. BALL VALUES THIS CLOCK AT $350. THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT WAS TAKEN FROM THE COTTONE AUCTIONS WEBSITE WHERE IT SOLD AT AN OCT. 22, 2004 AUCTION FOR A WHOPPING $2970 (INCLUDES 10% BUYER'S PREMIUM)! THIS PRICE WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TODAY EVEN IF IT DID HAVE AN ORIGINAL KIRK CAST IRON BACK PLATE MOVEMENT (I COULD NOT FIND A DESCRIPTION FOR THIS CLOCK TO VERIFY THE STYLE OF MOVEMENT). NOTE THAT BOTH THE EXAMPLES SHOWN IN THE LAST PHOTO HAVE AT LEAST ONE FINIAL 'TIP' MISSING. THESE WERE VERY DELICATE AND, THUS, EASILY BROKEN. BOTH FINIAL 'TIPS' HAVE BEEN LOST FROM THE CLOCK OFFERED HERE.THE ONLY MOVEMENTS I HAVE SEEN IN THESE CLOCKS ARE 30-HR. CHARLES KIRK STYLE MOVEMENTS INVENTED BY KIRK ca.1843 (BUT USED IN THE 8-DAY AND 30-DAY VERSIONS SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THE 1843 PATENT WHICH COVERED THE 8-DAY VERSION ONLY). THESE MOVEMENTS, INITIALLY WITH BRASS SPRINGS AND CAST IRON BACK PLATES & SPRING BARRELS, EVOLVED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO THE POINT THAT THE CAST IRON BACK PLATES AND BARRELS WERE REPLACED WITH A STAMPED BRASS PLATE WITH NO BARRELS. THE EVOLUTION OF BOTH THE 8-DAY AND 30-HR. KIRK MOVEMENTS IS NICELY DOCUMENTED IN THE BOOK TITLED THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JOSEPH IVES TO CONNECTICUT CLOCK TECHNOLOGY 1810-1862 BY KENNETH D. ROBERTS, CHAPTER X. THE EVOLUTION OF THE 30-HR. MOVEMENT IS REPRODUCED FROM THE ABOVE BOOK IN THE NEXT TO LAST PHOTO. THE MOVEMENT IN THIS CLOCK MATCHES THAT SHOWN IN THE THIRD/LAST VERSION. AS NOTED IN THE ABOVE BOOK WHEN THE CAST IRON BACK PLATE WAS ELIMINATED FOR THE 30-HR. MOVEMENT THERE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN WHEEL AND PINION TEETH/LEAVES COUNT ON THE TIME SIDE WHILE THE STRIKE SIDE REMAINED UNCHANGED. NOTE THAT ALL OF THESE MOVEMENTS WERE MADE ORIGINALLY WITH BRASS SPRINGS AS STEEL SPRINGS WERE STILL PROHIBITABLY EXPENSIVE. THE MOVEMENT IN THIS CLOCK HAS STEEL SPRINGS ON BOTH THE TIME AND STRIKE SIDE MOST LIKELY DUE TO PRIOR BRASS SPRING BREAKAGE AND/OR LOSS OF TENSION. NOTE THAT BREWSTER LIKELY HAD PURCHASED THE KIRK PATENT BY 1843 WHEN THE PATENT WAS ISSUED (PATENT NO. 3233 ISSUED ON AUG. 26, 1843 AND TITLED 'CLOCK') AS KIRK LEFT BRISTOL IN THAT YEAR. THE MOVEMENT MODIFICATIONS WERE LIKELY ALL MADE BY BREWSTER OR SOMEONE IN HIS EMPLOY (POSSIBLY ANSON L. ATWOOD AS NOTED IN THE ABOVE ROBERTS REFERENCE). BREWSTER ALSO OWNED THE JOSEPH SHAYLOR IVES PATENT NO. 723 TITLED 'MODE OF APPLYING SPRINGS TO CLOCKS' ISSUED ON MAY 4, 1838 WHICH COVERED THE USE OF BRASS SPRINGS TO POWER CLOCKS. THESE 2 PATENTS GAVE BREWSTER EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO MAKE THE FIRST CONVENTIONAL BRASS SPRING DRIVEN MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA.3/4 STEEPLE CLOCKS ARE NOT VERY COMMON. I FOUND ONLY A FEW EXAMPLES IN VARIOUS HOROLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING: 1. INGRAHAM CLOCKS & WATCHES BY TRAN DUY LY, FIG. 44; 2. AMERICAN SHELF AND WALL CLOCKS BY ROBERT W. D. BALL, PAGES 89, 98, 105; 3. HANDBOOK OF CLOCKS PRODUCED BY CHARLES KIRK, ELISHA BREWSTER AND BREWSTER & INGRAHAMS AT BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, 1828-1852 BY BILL ULTSCH AND DOUB COWAN, FIG. 63. AS NOTED ABOVE THE FINISH ON THIS CLOCK IS VERY OLD AND PERHAPS ORIGINAL. THUS, IT DOES HAVE SOME LOSSES DUE TO 'BUMPS' AND 'RUBS' AND 'CHECKERING' DUE TO AGE. I COULD HAVE REMOVED THE TOP OF THE FINISH WITH ALCOHOL BUT CHOSE NOT TO. INSTEAD, I LEFT THE FINISH AS IS. IT ADDS CONSIDERABLE 'ORIGINALITY' TO THE CLOCK. ALL I DID WAS POLISH THE CASE WITH A QUALITY CABINEMAKER'S WAX TO CLEAN AND BRIGHTEN THE FINISH. AS ALSO NOTED ABOVE, THE ORIGINAL ENGRAVED IMAGE ON THE LOWER GLASS IS TITLED "PRESIDENT'S HOUSE". YOU CAN JUST SEE THE TITLE AT LOWER CENTER (IT IS ACTUALLY EASIER TO VIEW FROM THE BACK). THE ENGRAVING AND PAINT IS BRITTLE AND DOES SHOW SOME LOSS. THE REMAINING IMAGE COULD BE BETTER STABILIZED BY AN EXPERT REVERSE GLASS RESTORER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ONE JUST ASK. THE IMAGE ITSELF IS REFERENCED IN THE NAWCC WATCH AND CLOCK BULLETIN, JAN./FEB., 2020, PLATE 70, PAGE 71. IT IS IN AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE TITLED ENGRAVED IMAGES. A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE IN CLOCK TABLETS BY PAUL HENION, pp. 8-91. AS NOTED BY PAUL, THE ORIGIN OF THIS IMAGE IS NOT KNOWN BUT IT IS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO AND LIKELY COPIED FROM THE IMAGE FROM AMERICAN SCENERY, VOL. 2 PUBLISHED IN LONDON IN 1840. THE UPPER GLASS IS ALSO ORIGINAL AS IT DOES SHOW ITS AGE WITH A NUMBER OF DEFECTS SUCH AS BUBBLES BEING VISIBLE. IN ADDITION, IT IS HELD IN THE DOOR WITH ORIGINAL PUTTY.THE ORIGINAL MOVEMENT IS WORKING FINE AND SHOULD DO SO FOR MANY YEARS. IT IS CLEAN AND THE PIVOT HOLES SHOW LITTLE WEAR. THE STEEL SPRINGS ALSO LOOK RELATIVELY NEW. THE HANDS ARE ORIGINAL AND TYPICAL OF THOSE FOUND IN EARLY BREWSTER & INGRAHAMS CLOCKS. THE PENDULUM IS PERIOD. THE KEY MAY BE OLD BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL. THE DOOR LATCH IS ORIGINAL WHILE THE KEY IS A RECENT REPLACEMENT. THE ESCUTCHEON DOES NOT LOOK ORIGINAL TO ME ALTHOUGH IT IS OLD. NOTE THE NUMBER WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF THE BACKBOARD SHOWN IN ONE OF THE LATER PHOTOS. IT APPEARS TO BE '2758'. IT IS WRITTEN IN 'OLD STYLE' AND APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL. I HAVE SEEN NUMBERS LIKE THIS ON A NUMBER OF CASES. I BELIEVE THEY ARE INVENTORY NUMBERS AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFER TO THE NUMBER OF CLOCKS MADE. THE VERY TIPS OF THE FINIALS HAVE BEEN LOST AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. WHEN I OBTAINED THE CLOCK ALL OF THE GOLD LEAF WAS GONE. I RE-GOLD LEAFED THE FINIALS AND FEET THE NORMAL WAY (GESSO + RED CLAY BOLE WITH RABBIT SKIN GLUE + WETTING WITH ALCOHOL AND APPLYING THE LEAF). SEE PHOTOS FOR ALL DETAILS. A NICE, REASONABLY RARE CLOCK THAT HAS SURVIVED ALMOST COMPLETELY INTACT AFTER 175 YEARS.THE CLOCK WILL BE DOUBLE BOXED AND SHIPPED WITH FEDEX.THANKS FOR LOOKING! (Condition: Pre-Owned)

Sold on eBay Feb 2, 2023

antique Jeromes' & Darrow Thin plate movement clock 1828

Sold on eBay February 19th, 2024

Eli Terry & Sons Wooden Works Transitional Clock 30 Hour T&S Painted Eagle Splat

This is an antique "transitional" wood works clock made by Eli Terry & Sons. It has a standard 30 hour movement, and as far as I can tell, is ALL ORIGINAL. Eli Terry & Sons Wooden Works Transitional Clock 30 Hour T&S Painted Eagle Splat Eli Terry & Sons Wooden Works Transitional Clock 30 Hour T&S Painted Eagle Splat Click images to enlarge Description Heritage Matters WEIGHT DRIVEN TRANSITIONAL CLOCK ELI TERRY & SONS 30 HOUR T&S (ON THE HOUR ONLY) CIRCA 1823 - 1832 This is an antique "Transitional" wood works clock made by Eli Terry & Sons, with an excellent label intact. It has a 30 hour movement, striking on the hour only. The lower glass is a replacement, but appears to be correctly reverse painted, and not screen-printed. It retains it original "tin can" pulley covers--the few times they appear on eBay, they go for a couple of hundred dollars themselves. Rather than the usual splat featuring a cornucopia, this one has an eagle! The paint on that splat, as well as on the columns, appears to be original. The movement is an original Terry-type. The weights, hands, and pendulum bob are all original. It measures approximately 28 X 17 X 5 inches. Old Eli began a partnership with his sons Eli Jr. and Henry about 1823. Junior left the firm in 1828 and Henry in 1832, which ended the company. "Transitional clocks" such as this overlap in production with the Pillar and Scroll clocks designed and first produced by Eli Terry (and also made by several others) and the "Brass Looking Glass Clock," or as it is generally called today, the half-column and splat clock (the movement is often called a "groaner") designed by Jerome about 1828. Most say this type of clock represents a transition from the pillar and scroll style to the column and splat clocks, but I think it is more accurate to think of them of a transition between movement construction. These "Transitional" clocks could use the same movements produced for pillar and scroll clocks, as well as a cabinet with approximately the same dimensions as the P&S. Those made for Jerome's "groaner" movements required a longer case and some degree of re-tooling, at least for the escapement. The transitional clocks also have the same sort of reverse paintings as do the pillar and scroll clocks, but with a different top splat and claw feet, like those often used in Empire style furniture. You know, Eli Whitney gets the credit for mass production and interchangeable parts, receiving a government contract for 10,000 muskets in 1797. However, for the first year, he produced not a single musket. In 1801, he demonstrated the ease of assembling muskets from interchangeable parts for a government committee which included out-going President John Adams and incoming President Thomas Jefferson. However, it turned out the demonstration was a set-up, using predetermined parts. I have even read that Whitney never managed to perfect the technique, and actually subcontracted the muskets out to more traditional arms makers. He did, however, come up with the idea for it, an idea which Eli Terry applied to his wooden works clocks, and put a clock within the financial reach of people who could otherwise have never afforded one! The splat has a crack in it, and it looks like two of its original glue blocks were lost, and a single one at the center was added. There are various small pieces of veneer which have been replaced, and I see at least one area where the veneer has cracked (see photos). On the dial, there is a missing wood chip just to the right of the winding arbor. The movement of this clock was completely disassembled, cleaned, and restrung. There are old repairs to some of the teeth. It is currently working HOWEVER (1) I have read that when produced, the wooden movements were estimated to have a "life expectancy" of about 20 years. We are well beyond that now, by about 180 years, and it is amazing that so many of them are still running! However, you might say they are living on borrowed time, so I cannot guarantee a wood works clocks, especially after it goes through the post office or any other shipper. And (2) I sell all mechanical and electrical devices in AS-IS condition anyway, because parts can become brittle so that any disturbance affects it. Please note: the weights will be shipped separately from the clock, at no additional expense to the buyer. Even so, I find this an AMAZING and beautiful clock! Should there be a problem with your purchase, please contact me directly through the eBay mail system. I can and will do the same things directly that I would through eBay, and probably more quickly. NO RESERVE! MY PLEDGE TO YOU: no surprises! I will provide high-resolution scans; I will fully describe each item, obverse and reverse, positives and negatives, possibilities, likelihoods, what I suspect, and which is which; and I will provide as much historical context as I can. Now, I believe that the only people who never make mistakes are those who never say or do anything, so consequently, there will be times I am wrong. There, you are covered by my guarantee. MY GUARANTEE TO YOU: I guarantee each item to be genuine as described. After you receive your purchase, you will have a 30 day inspection period; and if you are dissatisfied for any reason, simply return the item (in its original condition) for an immediate refund of your purchase price. Furthermore, if in the inspection period, you decide to send the item for expertizing, I will extend the period until its return from the expert of your choice. If it returns with an opinion of not genuine, or of being significantly different from how I describe it, I will also reimburse you for the expertizing fee. And the ONLY exception to my guarantee is that I am not responsible for mishandling by the mail system, and any damages incurred therein. That is what insurance is for, and it is automatic on this item. Get images thatmake Supersized seem small.Showcase your items with Auctiva sListing Templates!The complete eBay Selling Solution. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter (Condition: Pre-Owned)

Sternreiter New Haven Mantel Clock, Cherry

Sold on eBay Sep, 19th 2020

Rare And Collectible Clocks : 1828 Price List

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Edmund Currier Salem MA Gold Front Weight Driven Presentation Banjo Clock Orig !

Antique c1822-1828 Mahogany&Pine Cased Reverse Painted Banjo Clock w/Brass Arms

Antique American Tall Case / Grandfather Clock c. 1845

George IV Grandfather Clock By William Massey

Gilbert Iron Front Mother of Pearl Shelf Clock

VINTAGE INGRAHAM "DAKOTA MODEL" MANTEL CLOCK, ROSEWOOD A BEAUTY

antique wooden works "THIN PLATE" clock by Jerme and Darrow 1828

RARE 3/4 SIZE BREWSTER & INGRAHAMS STEEPLE CLOCK ca.1846, GOLD FINIALS & FEET

antique Jeromes' & Darrow Thin plate movement clock 1828

Eli Terry & Sons Wooden Works Transitional Clock 30 Hour T&S Painted Eagle Splat

Sternreiter New Haven Mantel Clock, Cherry

Antique Long Case Dial Movement Grandfather Clock Richard PITTS Epworth Works

High Style 1828 Paul Frankl Art Deco Telechron Monument Clock

JEROME “ Thin “ Movement Wood Works Clock 1828

Antique E. Ingraham - Ornate MANTLE CLOCK circa 1870 Bristol, Connecticut

Jeromes & Darrow 1828 (wood works) clock case for rare thin movement

Handbook of Clocks Produced by Charles Kirk Elisha Brewster 1828-1852