From: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 24-25, 1961, lot 265
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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF2311 |
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MakerClockmaker Caleb Wheaton, American, 17571827Casemaker Townsend Goddard, 17501790 |
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DimensionsHeight: 93 in. (236.22 cm) Width: 18 1/2 in. (46.99 cm) |
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Date1786 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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Marks"Caleb Wheaton / Providence," engraved on dial arch |
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Inscriptions"Providence March 27th [th superscript] / Received of Mr [r superscript] Zebulun Utter one pound / sixteen shilling LM in behalf of Mr [r superscript] / Townsend Godard of Newport for / Two Clock Cases Caleb Wheaton," receipt that accompanied clock in 1933 |
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ProvenanceZebulon Utter (17251802), Warwick, Rhode Island. C. W. Lyon, Inc., New York, 1947. Reginald M. Lewis (died 1960), Easton, Maryland; consigned by his estate to Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 2425, 1961, lot 265 |
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Associated namesReginald Minturn LewisParke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. Zebulon Utter C. W. Lyon, Inc. |
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Bibliography"C. W. Lyon, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 52, no. 3 (September 1947): 141.Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, American Furniture: Property of the Estate of the Late Reginald M. Lewis, sale cat. (March 2425, 1961), 102, lot 265, ill. "The Editor's Attic: Documented Goddard," Antiques 24, no. 1 (July 1933): 34, fig. 3. 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), 107, 313n3, fig. 11. |