Red-stained Maple Oliver Brackett Dwarf Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$15,000 – $20,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Bonhams Skinner[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$10,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Aug 09, 2022[/restrict]
Red-stained Maple Oliver Brackett Dwarf Clock, Vassalboro, Maine, c. 1840s, flat-top case with hinged upper door, painted roman numeral iron dial with black surround, marked "O. Brackett Vassalboro," waist door with glazed pendulum aperture, all resting on a high scroll-cut base, thirty-hour weight-powered movement with iron plates, lead weight and brass-faced pendulum, ht. 29 in.
Literature: A similar clock is shown in Furniture Treasury, by Wallace Nutting, plate 3420. This clock is pictured in a Eugene J. Sussel March 1950 ad in The Magazine Antiques.