{"id":7244,"date":"2020-04-04T17:16:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T17:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/?page_id=7244"},"modified":"2021-12-10T00:24:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T00:24:05","slug":"brewster-ingrahams-8-day-steeple-clock-w-kirks-cast-iron-back-plate-c-1850","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/new-additions\/sold-shelf-clocks\/brewster-ingrahams-8-day-steeple-clock-w-kirks-cast-iron-back-plate-c-1850\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewster & Ingrahams 8 Day Steeple clock w\/ Kirk’s Cast Iron Back Plate C. 1843 – 1846"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Brewster & Ingrahams, Bristol CT, 8 day “sharp gothic” steeple clock with rare Kirk’s (Charles Kirk) cast iron back plate movement.\u00a0\u00a0 Charles Kirk was a mechanical genius and a gifted clock movement designer & maker.\u00a0 He patented this famous, eight day cast iron back plate clock movement in 1843 and partnered with Elisha C. Brewster and Elias Ingraham to produce these early spring driven shelf clocks.\u00a0 The patented 1843 movement is signed\/die stamped by the maker and exhibits the rare “rack & snail” feature in addition to the cast iron back plate.\u00a0\u00a0The weight of one of these clocks is incredible and you\u00a0immediately know it’s a\u00a0Kirk’s patent movement the minute you\u00a0pick it up! \u00a0The case with choice, high grain, figured Mahogany is in very nice condition.\u00a0\u00a0 The dial is original and has been conserved at some point in the past. Gold painted lyre form gong base. \u00a0Pasted to the backboard is the makers label that reads:\u00a0 “Patent Spring Eight Day\u00a0Repeating Brass Clocks Manufactured by Brewster & Ingrahams, Bristol, CT”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The novel feature\/innovation being “REPEATING” <\/strong>which is not achievable with the count wheel strike mechanism, The\u00a0cut glass tablet in the door is original an in excellent condition.\u00a0 Movement has been overhauled.\u00a0 Case with minor wear\/repairs commensurate with age and use.\u00a0\u00a0 A nearly identical example may be found on page 43 of “Handbook of clocks Produced by Charles Kirk, Elisha C. Brewster, Brewster & Ingrahams at Bristol CT 1820-1852”<\/strong> <\/em>by Bill Ultsch and Doug Cowan.”\u00a0 Very rare, early American spring driven shelf clock!<\/p>\n

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Brewster & Ingrahams Brewster & Ingrahams, Bristol CT, 8 day “sharp gothic” steeple clock with rare Kirk’s (Charles Kirk) cast iron back plate movement.\u00a0\u00a0 Charles Kirk was a mechanical genius and a gifted clock movement designer & maker.\u00a0 He patented … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7904,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7244"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7743,"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7244\/revisions\/7743"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamsbrown.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}