A New Hampshire Tall Clock Attributed to James Cole, Rochester-ClockPrices.Com

A New Hampshire Tall Clock Attributed to James Cole, Rochester

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,000 – $3,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,700[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Jun 12, 2022[/restrict]

Attributed to James Cole, Rochester, New Hampshire, an early 19th century tall clock, the arched top soft wood case with mahogany and tiger maple highlights, fretwork top, bird's eye maple panel in trunk door resting on cutout bracket feet, 8 day, time and strike, weight driven movement with painted metal dial with painted spandrels decorated with American shields

A New Hampshire Tall Clock Attributed to James Cole, Rochester

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,000 – $3,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,700[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]2019[/restrict]

A 19th century New Hampshire mirror clock by James Cary Brunswick Maine

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,600 – $2,200[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,700[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]2011[/restrict]

James Cary, Brunswick, a 19th century New Hampshire-style mirror clock, the gilded, taberenacle mirror style case with concave stiles and rails with applied, split turned columns, the corners with blocks adorned with stamped brass mounts, and top with deep cavetto cornice, the lower portion of the door with mirror, and the upper with reverse painted glass surround for the roman numeral, white painted dish dial with blued steel barbed hands, and 8 day, weight driven timepiece movement with brass clad pendulum

A 19th century New Hampshire mirror clock by James Cary Brunswick Maine

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,600 – $2,200[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,700[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Jun 12, 2022[/restrict]

New Hampshire Mirror Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$800 – $1200[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Schmidt's Antiques Inc. Since 1911[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$600[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Oct 10, 2020[/restrict]

An early 19th century New Hampshire mirror clock. 8-day weight driven time only Banjo type movement recessed into backboard with a painted metal dial and Roman numerals. Painted Pine case with gilded detail, single door with applied pilasters and brass florets, reverse painted dial surround above a lower mirror. Original finish with some wear, touchups, dial flaking, not running when cataloged. 29 3/4" high. ESTIMATE $800-1,200

New Hampshire Mirror Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$800 – $1200[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Schmidt's Antiques Inc. Since 1911[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$650[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Oct 10, 2020[/restrict]

An early 19th century New Hampshire mirror clock by Wm. G. Emerson. 8-day weight driven time and strike Banjo type movement with painted metal dial and Roman numerals. Painted Pine case with gilded detail, single door with applied pilasters and brass florets, wall paper dial surround above a lower mirror. Older finish with some wear, touchups, replaced older dial and mirror, bottom board replaced, not running when cataloged. 29 1/4" high. ESTIMATE $800-1,200

Tall Clock Attributed to John Hoff

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$5,000 – $8,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Converse Auctions[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,750[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]1:00 PM – Jun 18, 2010[/restrict]

An 18th century walnut tall cased clock attributed to George Hoff (1733-1816), a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania maker. George Hoff, the progenitor of the famous Hoff family of clock makers (there were five counting George, Sr) was trained in Germany, and arrived in the Colonies in 1765. Hoff’s workmanship reveals his Germanic clock making training, making his clockworks easy to distinguish from other early clock makers. As for clock makers in the colonies prior to 1770, there weren’t many anyway; and although Lancaster has been heralded as one of the major, if not the major, areas where the clock making craft in America began and excelled, Hoff stood out as a leading craftsman in the region. This example is typical of Hoff’s work with a steel framed thirty hour chain wind clockworks and an engraved brass dial with pewter cast spandrels. The iron under dial plate shows traces of the original deep red paint, an unusual if not unique characteristic of the Schuykill River region. The solid walnut case is sturdy and made of thick wood, and the plain flat topped case of a shorter height of 89″. The supplied with a 30 hour clockworks with a duel chain and weight system was probably the way most of his clocks were made. The plates are steel with brass bushings, instead of brass, the gears pinions were the “lantern type”with small steel rods acting ad pinion leaves, and the clockworks have the strike system usually associated with the maker, as well as the pendulum hanging system and wire suspension.

Unless otherwise stated the condition of the mechanisms of these clocks is good, but that does not mean they run or do not need repairs. There is no guarantee of either the mechanical performance of clocks nor the completeness and originality of their parts and components. In most cases we have not removed the dials from these clocks, and have not checked inside for manufacturers or makers names for attribution.