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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF227 |
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MakerCasemaker UnknownMaker formerly attributed Job Townsend, Sr., 16991765 Clockmaker James Wady, died 1759 |
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DimensionsHeight, without finials: 93 in. (236.22 cm) Width: 11 1/4 in. (28.575 cm) Depth: 11 1/4 in. (28.575 cm) Width, dial: 12 in. (30.48 cm) |
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Date174559 |
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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 |
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Marks"JAMES WADY NEWPORT," engraved in dial arch |
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ProvenanceChristie's, New York, January 18, 2002, lot 388 |
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Associated namesChristie's |
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Bibliography"Christie's advertisement," Antiques 161, no. 1 (January 2002): 46, ill.Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, and Folk Art: Featuring English Pottery from the Collection of the Late Robert J. Kahn and the Lafayette-Washington Pistols, sale cat. (January 1819, 2002), 218225, lot 388, ill. Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Quaker Baroque: How Political and Religious Freedom Inspired a Dynasty of American Cabinet-Makers," Christie's Magazine (MayJune 2002): 113, ill. Frank L. Hohmann III et al., Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks (New York: Hohmann Holdings, 2009), 302303, no. 94, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 111n17. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Silver, sale cat. (January 19, 2018), 78, fig. 3. |