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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF1468 |
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MakerClockmaker William Claggett, 1694–1749Casemaker Unknown |
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Dimensions98 × 21 × 11 in. (248.9 × 53.3 × 27.9 cm) |
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Date1740–49 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); pine (back board); yellow poplar (guides for hood, dia mat, top board, and back of pediment) |
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Marks"W. Claggett / Newport," engraved on partially silvered dial |
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Inscriptions"1868 / 1727 / 141," in graphite, on inside of waist door |
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ProvenanceJohn S. Walton, New York; sold to Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. (1909–2009), Scardsdale, New York, and later Newport, Rhode Island, by 1953; by descent to his wife Roberta L. Carpenter (1938–2019), Newport, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 24, 2020, lot 301 |
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Associated namesRalph E. Carpenter, Jr.Roberta L. Carpenter Christie's John S. Walton, Inc. |
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BibliographyLaura Beach, "The Past Is Present in Newport: A Couple's Lifelong Love of Antiques," Antiques and Fine Art 6, no. 2 (Summer 2005): 118, 120–121, ill.Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 55–56, 201, no. 29, ill. Antiques 63, no. 4 (April 1953): ill. frontispiece. Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, Claggett: Newport's Illustrious Clockmakers (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, 2018), 242, WC-26. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, sale cat. (January 24, 2020), 80–81, lot 301, ill. Lita Solis-Cohen, "Hicks's Peaceable Kingdom Brings $4.575 Million," Maine Antique Digest (March 2020): 125, ill. Madelia Hickman Ring, "Fine Art, Folk Art and Formal Dominates at Christie's," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (February 14, 2020): 30, ill. |
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