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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF2287 |
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MakerCasemaker UnknownClockmaker John Tanner, 1713–1785 |
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Dimensions84 x 19 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (213.36 x 49.53 x 26.67 cm) |
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Date1760–70 |
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Current locationPrivate collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); eastern white pine (top of hood, inside of hood door frame, seat board, backboards of case, all glue blocks); soft maple (base of hood, hood door frame, backing of case door, cross piece in back of moldings supporting hood) |
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Marks"John Tanner, Rhode Island," engraved on dial |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceHugh B. Cox (1905–1973) and his wife Ethleyn Ayres Cox (1908–1988), Alexandria, Virginia.; consigned to Christie's, New York, June 16, 1984, lot 394; sold to John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut; sold to Ann and Philip Holzer, Great Neck, New York, 1984 |
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Associated namesHugh B. CoxEthelyn Ayres Cox Christie's John Walton, Inc. Ann Holzer Philip Holzer |
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BibliographyChristie's, New York, Highly Important American Furniture: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Cox, sale cat. (June 16, 1984), 28–29, lot 394, ill.Philip Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed, 1990), 104–105, no. 36, fig. 36.1. |
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