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Shelf clock

Object number

RIF1940

Maker

Clockmaker Walter Cornell, American, 1777–after 1855
Casemaker Unknown

Dimensions

34 × 12 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (86.36 × 32.385 × 16.51 cm)

Date

1810–15

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Marks

"Walter Cornell / Newport," in paint, on dial

Provenance

Christie's, New York, January 26–27, 1995, lot 169. Gary R. Sullivan Antiques, Inc., Sharon, Massachusetts, 2007

Associated names

Christie's
Gary R. Sullivan Antiques, Inc.

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 26–27, 1995), 90, lot 169, ill.