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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF2109 |
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MakerClockmaker Seril Dodge, American, 17591802Casemaker Unknown |
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Dimensions85 1/2 × 21 × 10 5/8 in. (217.17 × 53.34 × 26.988 cm) Width, dial: 12 in. (30.48 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); white pine and maple (secondary) |
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Marks"S Dodge," engraved on dial |
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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 |
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ProvenanceMrs. Barker, Bristol, Rhode Island; sold to Harry Arons (18911967), Ansonia and later Bridgeport, Connecticut; sold to Betty Barton Evans (19232013) and Thomas Mellon (19111997); consigned to Sotheby's, New York, June 19, 1998, lot 2022; sold to Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York. Christie's, New York, January 1718, 2019, lot 1245 |
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Associated namesThomas Mellon EvansSotheby's Mrs. Barker Betty Barton Evans Harry Arons Leigh Keno American Antiques Christie's New York |
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BibliographyWendy 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.Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture from the Collection of the Late Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans, sale cat. (June 19, 1998), 2225, lot 2022, ill. Frank L. Hohmann III et al., Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks (New York: Hohmann Holdings, 2009), 290291, no. 88, 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), 111n4, 112n37. Christie's New York, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints, sale cat. (January 1718, 2019), 14851, lot 1245, ill. |