Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Tall case clock
	Object number RIF2109
	Maker Casemaker Unknown Clockmaker Seril Dodge, American, 1759–1802
	Dimensions 85 1/2 � 21 � 10 5/8 in. (217.17 � 53.34 � 26.988 cm) Width, dial: 12 in. (30.48 cm)
	Date 1780–1800
	Current location Private collection
	Geography Made in Providence, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany (primary); white pine and maple (secondary)
	Marks "S Dodge," engraved on dial
	Inscriptions "Tempus Edax Rerum," engraved on dial arch; "THE APPRECIATION OF A MINUTE IS ALL THE GOLDEN VALUE IN IT," engraved on chapter ring; "8 in," in graphite, on block behind upper waist door hinge
	Provenance Mrs. Barker, Bristol, Rhode Island; sold to Harry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut; sold to Betty Barton Evans (1923–2013) and Thomas Mellon (1911–1997); consigned to Sotheby's, New York, June 19, 1998, lot 2022; sold to Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York. Christie's, New York, January 17–18, 2019, lot 1245
	Associated names Mrs. Barker Harry Arons Thomas Mellon Evans Betty Barton Evans Sotheby's Leigh Keno American Antiques Christie's New York
	Bibliography Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture from the Collection of the Late Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans, sale cat. (June 19, 1998), 22–25, lot 2022, ill. Wendy A. Cooper and Tara L. Gleason, "A Different Rhode Island Block-and-Shell Story: Providence Provenances and Pitch-Pediments," American Furniture (1999): 175, fig. 11. Frank L. Hohmann III et al., Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks (New York: Hohmann Holdings, 2009), 290–291, no. 88, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 111n4, 112n37. Christie's New York, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints, sale cat. (January 17–18, 2019), 148–151, fig. lot 1245.