$584
Marine Clock Company Octagonal Gallery Clock, New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1847, mahogany case with glazed brass bezel over the 10-in. painted zinc Roman numeral dial marked C. Keirk's (sic) Patent , label on back marked Eight Day and Thirty Hour Marine Time Pieces and Clocks , Manufactured by the Marine Clock Manufacturing Company, New Haven, Conn., U.S. , thirty-hour time and strike, Kirk's patent movement with two-pallet detached lever escapement, cast iron back plate, all powered by a single mainspring, ht. 13 in. Provenance: Terry and Karen Brotherton. Literature: Illustrated in American Shelf and Wall Clocks , p. 254.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25