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Jan 2022 - #63
Antique American Clocks
Birge, Mallory & Co. "Patent Brass Eight-Day Clock", 1838-1843.
One of a series of
companies John Birge was involved in, all making strap-brass triple-deckers.
This one is very original (with the exception of
the Moberg tablets, repainted on the original glass); the finish is just a bit glossy and a bit rough.
Three original glasses,
carved splat, a clean wooden dial with a lift-up mirror to reveal the shiny brass movement, 8-days, time-and-strike signed on the
mid-crosspiece (BM&Co).
Proper hands, a period pendulum bob, proper iron weights, and even tin dust covers over the
pulleys; it is running and striking as expected.
A good label inside and a very fine example.
A sharp viewer noted that the bell in this clock is replacing a wire gong.