Photo: Courtesy Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York
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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF2023 |
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MakerCasemaker UnknownClockmaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 90 × 20 × 9 1/4 in. (228.6 × 50.8 × 23.5 cm) |
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Date17851800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Warwick, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumCherry (primary); chestnut and pine (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceMorris Berry (ca. 1886after 1940), Plainville, Connecticut; consigned to American Art Association Anderson Galleries, New York, April 2526, 1930, lot 288. William Randolph Hearst (18631951), San Francisco, California; consigned to Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, November 1719, 1938, lot 558. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, New York, 1988 |
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Associated namesMorris BerryAmerican Art Association Anderson Galleries Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc. William Randolph Hearst Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. |
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NotesThe case of this clock with fluted pilasters flanking the door is similar to RIF2270. |
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BibliographyAmerican Art Association and Anderson Galleries, New York, Early American Furniture and Decorations: Property of Morris Berry, Plainville, Conn., sale cat. (April 2526, 1930), 108109, lot 288, ill."Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 134, no. 1 (July 1988): 9, ill. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, The William Hearst Collection, Part II: Early American Furniture and Historical Staffordshire Ware, sale cat. (November 1719, 1938), 202, lot 558, 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), 112nn22, 23. |