April 16, 2024
ANTIQUE AMERICAN INGRAHAM "MINERVA" MODEL FINE PARLOR CLOCK CIRCA 1915 CLEAN
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ANTIQUE AMERICAN INGRAHAM "MINERVA" MODEL FINE PARLOR CLOCK. CIRCA 1915. 8DAY TIME AND STRIKE SIGNED INGRAHAM MOVEMENT. PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED, OILED AND SET IN BEAT. THIS SERVICE ALONE WOULD COST YOU $150 OR MORE TO HAVE DONE AT A CLOCK SHOP. THIS CLOCK ALSO HAS A FULL WORKING ALARM SYSTEM THAT STRIKES ON A BRASS BELL. THE CLOCK STRIKES THE HALF HOUR AND COUNTS THE HOURS ON A CATHEDRAL GONG FOR THE MOST MELLOW SOUND. THERE IS A FULL LABEL ON THE BACK OF THE CASE. LOOK AT THE FANCY CAST PENDULUM. THE DOOR GLASS IS REVERSE PAINTED. THE CASE IS SOLID OAK. THIS CLOCK IS LISTED IN TRAN DU LY'S INGRAHAM BOOK ON PAGE 314. THE PRICE LIST VALUE IS $275.INGRAHAM CLOCK CO.The master behind Ingraham Clocks was Elias Ingraham (1805-1885). Elias, who lived to the advanced age of 80, was born in Marlborough, Connecticut. He came to Bristol in 1828 to work for George Mitchell building clock cases. In 1830, Elias Ingraham, now a noted clock casemaker, began working for Chauncey and Lawson C. Ives. He made over five thousand clock cases for them over the next three years. As a group, Ingraham clocks, and especially the clocks made under a label bearing the Ingraham name up until 1885, refer to clocks made by several different companies.The firm of Brewster and Ingrahams clock company was formed in 1844 and operated until July 24, 1852. During this
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