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The Russell, E. Ingraham, Bristol, U.S.A., a late 19th century American ebonised (Japaned) wood and gilt metal mantel clock, the movement striking on two rods, key, 31 x 47cm.
E. Ingraham & Company was formed in 1860, Elias Ingraham (1805-1885) designed a variety of popular cases and case features for the firm, receiving 17 patents between 1857 and 1873. Ingraham's son Edward Ingraham (1830-1892) succeeded his father in 1885. He received an important patent in 1884 for a method of applying black enamel paint (Japan) to wooden clock cases. Using this method to produce cheaper imitations of French marble mantel clocks was a great success. Though the process was soon imitated by most other clock manufacturers, the Ingraham firm became a leading maker of "black mantel" clocks, introducing 221 models plus special order styles in the following three decades.
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