John Bull Blinking Eye Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$800 – $1,200[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$700[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]9:00 AM – Jun 02, 2012[/restrict]
John Bull Blinking Eye Clock. Figural painted cast iron case depicts a man wearing a red vest, black jacket, green trousers and a top hat. Paper dial with black Roman hour numerals and fancy black hands, has a 30 hour brass, spring driven, time only movement with balance wheel escapement, a lever attached to the escapement rocks the eyes open and closed. Case is signed T. Kennedy, Patent applied for 1856, movement is not running; 16 in. high