124.     $500

John Kirk miniature time-piece with alarm, 1831-1833.  A second miniature column & splat time and alarm clock, 22 inches tall in good original condition.  John Kirk was the brother of Charles Kirke, who gained greater success in clockmaking; John appears to have made clocks for only two years.  The mahogany veneer has had a few repairs but is in good, slightly dirty condition; the splat is original, the columns may have been repainted.  Both glasses are period, but the putty makes me think they are replacements.  I like the guy riding the horse in the tablet.  The wooden dial is very nice, one of the better-preserved ones you will find; the hands are period.  The wooden movement is not running; there is one 30-hour weight for the time side, the alarm side probably uses a 30-hour weight as well.  No pendulum bob.  A good but rather uninformative label inside.  I cannot find any sales records for John Kirk.  $500-$1000.