Antique Joseph Ives Clock

Price Type: auction
Sold Date: 11/1/1999
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Catalog Description:

C.1828, Joseph Ives, Brooklyn, New York, rare wagon spring shelf clock in restored condition. Significantly, the original movement (which is included in a separate box) did not respond to restoration (has a new great wheel on the strike side, and lacks strike fan). So a very good mechanic copied the movement in 1955 and installed it in the case. You will need to look at Ken Roberts" book on Ives, page 81, to clarify the following: our old movement has load reducing rollers only on the time arbor (not on both winding arbors as shown in the book). The new movement has rollers for both arbors, as do other known examples, and the example pictured in the book. Ives was the first person to produce a wrought brass 8-day movement and these dome shaped movements were in production for only a short while in the 1827-28 period. His developments led quickly to the strap brass movement (used in lot 351), which revolutionized brass works design in America. The case is mahogany veneer over pine, most of the veneer original, but with repairs. The top wooden cylinder has shrunk and cracked; tablet has been repainted by Tom Moberg; pewter bezel intact; zinc over steel dial is new and too small; label has some old scotch tape repairs, and a hunk out of lower rt corner, but is legible. This clock is virtually identical to the one pictured in Horology Americana, page 159. Height 27'

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