$10,455
Benjamin Morrill Striking Mirror Clock, Boscawen, New Hampshire, c. 1825, the painted pine case with full-length door, gilt and faux veneer half-columns flanking the stenciled reverse-painting over the painted Roman numeral iron dial marked B. Morrill/Boscawen , and lower looking glass, pasted inside behind the looking glass is a printed maker's label stating in part, Eight-Day Clocks and Time Pieces/Manufactured by Benjamin Morrill,/Boscawen, N.H. , yellow-painted interior, eight-day time and strike "rat-trap" movement, pendulum and weight, ht. 29 1/2 in. Provenance: Peter Sawyer Antiques; Terry and Karen Brotherton. Literature: Horological Rarities of Space City '99 , p. 11.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
