Benjamin Morrill Striking Mirror Clock

Description:

Benjamin Morrill Striking Mirror Clock, Boscawen, New Hampshire, c. 1825, the painted pine case with full-length door, gilt and faux veneer half-columns flanking the stenciled reverse-painting over the painted Roman numeral iron dial marked B. Morrill/Boscawen, and lower looking glass, pasted inside behind the looking glass is a printed maker's label stating in part, Eight-Day Clocks and Time Pieces/Manufactured by Benjamin Morrill,/Boscawen, N.H., yellow-painted interior, eight-day time and strike "rat-trap" movement, pendulum and weight, ht. 29 1/2 in.

Provenance: Peter Sawyer Antiques; Terry and Karen Brotherton.

Literature: Horological Rarities of Space City '99, p. 11.
Estimate $5,000-7,000

Original painted and looking glasses, all paint on case original, dial with minor touch up, upper right cast rosette now gone.


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