![C.1841, Rare Brewster and Ingrahams, Detached Fusee Beehive, 8-day time and repeating rack strike [Kirk's patent] in a mahogany veneered case and with old Fenn tablet, and wooden dial. Note this clock was made at a time when Joseph S. Ives (Nephew of THE Joseph Ives) was working with Brewster and he secured a patent for the use of brass as a spring in clocks. We sold the sister to this clock, lot 385 in May of 2004, that had a full Joseph S. Ives label. That clock [385] crossed the block at $6100. — Antique Clocks Price Guide](/images/robertoschmitt16/227.jpg)
Description
Condition: although the case has been refinished, the veneer is excellent and the clock is otherwise in very good original condition, with original dial with small round glass center [replaced]..put there so the owner could show off his "Brass" movement clock with rack striking. Mov't bears serial number 4910, Geneva stops lacking The clock went without a top glass for some time and the dial has weathered/bubbled a bit, but is still well preserved. Examples of this model can be found in Ly's book titled American Clocks, Vol 3, page 31, and in Ken Roberts' book The Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut Clock Technology 1810-1862, page 211. Height 19 inches
Record courtesy of R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts