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Description:
Brewster & Ingraham and Jerome Shelf Clocks, Connecticut, both in mahogany cases, a Brewster & Ingraham steeple clock with four turned columns and spires, painted zinc dial, interior label with maker over-pasted with "Daniel Pratt & Sons," spring-powered eight-day time and strike movement; the Jerome with round sides, round zinc dial, reverse-painted on glass dial surround, and lower glass marked "Mclean Asylum/Somerville, Mass.," thirty-hour time and strike movement powered by two cast iron weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 19 to 22 in.
Estimate $200-400
Jerome lacking interior "business card" label. Both have pendulum and key.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Keywords
Brewster & Ingraham, Jerome Shelf Clocks, SomervilleStephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
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