Antique American Clocks                      July 2020

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17.       $300

Charles Kirke pillar & scroll, 1827-1832.  There are only three sales records for Charles Kirke clocks in the Antique Clocks Price Guide and none are P&S (he later worked for E.C. Brewster).  This is a 31-inch clock in mostly original condition.   Both glasses are original, the tablet painting stabilized against further losses; the wooden dial is clean, the hands old.  The feet are unusual (the right front has been repaired) and the scroll tips have also been repaired.  The brass finials are screw-in replacements.  The 30-hour wooden movement is running and striking like a champ, with two old weights and a lead-backed pendulum bob.  Good label, indicating that the clock was made for retailer George Mitchell.  $300-$500.

 

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