Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. Blinking Eye clock
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Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.
Blinking Eye clock
Meriden, Connecticut
painted cast iron, other materials
signed at bottom
8 1/2"w x 6 1/4"d x 16"h
Provenance:
Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 23 March 2019, Lot 291
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Bradley and Hubbard "John Bull" Blinking Eye Clock
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Bradley and Hubbard "John Bull" Blinking Eye Clock
19th century.
Ht. 16 in.
From the private collection of the Calculagraph Co. East Hanover, New Jersey and the proceeding three generations.
Bradley & Hubbard Blinking Eye Clock
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Bradley & Hubbard Blinking Eye Clock. Continental Blinking Eye Clock. Figural painted cast iron case depicts a man wearing a deep blue jacket, orange trousers with blue socks and a hat. 4 in. porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals and open moon hands; has a French brass 8 day spring driven movement with half hour bell strike, counterweight above the pendulum and movement signed Marti & Co. and also signed Machenaud, Paris. Case is signed Bradley & Hubbard, has some paint chipping and inpainting; movement is not original to the clock and eyes are not animated and has a chip in the back of the hat. 16 in. high.
Bradley & Hubbard Blinking Eye Clock
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Bradley & Hubbard Blinking Eye Clock. Continental Blinking Eye Clock. Figural painted cast iron case depicts a man wearing a green jacket, red trousers with tan socks and a hat. Paper dial with black Roman hour numerals and fancy black hands, has a 30 hour brass, spring driven, time only movement with balance wheel escapement, a lever attached to the escapement rocks the eyes open and closed. Repainted case is signed Bradley & Hubbard; movement is not running. 16 in. high.
Bradley & Hubbard Blinking Eye Clock
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Bradley & Hubbard Blinking Eye Clock. Original 3″ paper dial with black Roman hour numerals and hinged door bezel with glass; pierced brass 30 hour spring driven time only movement has a lever escapement, a lever attached to the escapement animates the eyes rocking them up and down. In a cast iron “Admiral” case in the figure of a man wearing a hat with red jacket and green trousers; signed “Bradley & Hubbard, Patented July 14, 1857”. Good overall condition, worn original paint, running. 16″ high x 8.5″ wide x 5.5″ deep.
BRADLEY and HUBBARD BLINKING EYE LION CLOCK
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10″ by 9″, nice cast iron lion mounted on wood base. Eyes blink as it keeps Worked well when tested. Excellent
Bradley and Hubbard ”Topsy” , blinking eye novelty clock
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Bradley and Hubbard, Meriden, Conn., "Topsy" , blinking eye novelty clock, cast iron case, paper on metal dial, moon hands, and 30 hour spring driven brass movement