Red-stained Maple Oliver Brackett Dwarf Clock

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.