E Ingraham Mystic parlour clock

I do not come across many antique E Ingraham & Co. clocks and have just one other in my collection, the Huron from 1878, but I came across another recently that I found in a local antique shop. The price was right so, I snapped it up. The”S” shaped logo on the dial led me to assume it was a Sessions, but it was not – I’ll get to that later.

Rare Ingraham Huron found on a local online for-sale site
Rare Ingraham Huron balloon style clock in Rosewood

This is a parlour clock. It might have been described in company advertising as a kitchen clock. Some even refer to it as a gingerbread. There are a number of terms used when describing clocks of this style and the three names are used interchangeably by sellers on online for-sale sites and antique stores.

E Ingraham parlour clock circa 1897, sitting in an antique shop

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