Photo: Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del., Photo by Laszlo Bodo
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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF3356 |
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MakerCasemaker UnknownClockmaker William Claggett, 1694?1749 |
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Dimensions102 × 21 1/2 × 10 7/8 in. (259.081 × 54.61 × 27.623 cm) Width, dial: 12 in. (30.48 cm) |
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Date172540 |
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Current locationRedwood Library and Athenaeum |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island, and made in Boston, Massachusetts(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumPine with black japanned decoration; pine (secondary) |
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Marks"William Claggett Newport," engraved on nameplate in dial arch |
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StyleWilliam and Mary |
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ProvenanceCaptain John Stanton (17301782), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent in the Stanton family, Newport, Rhode Island to the Misses Stanton; by descent to Rev. Samuel Gavitt Babcock (18511938), Newport, Rhode Island, and later Boston and Marblehead, Massachusetts; given to the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island, 1948 |
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Associated namesCaptain John StantonStanton family Rev. Samuel Gavitt Babcock |
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See also |
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BibliographyAlbert L. Partridge, "William Claggett, of Newport, Rhode Island, Clockmaker," Old-Time New England 27, no. 3 (January 1937): 115, ill.Richard L. Champlin, "William Claggett and His Clockmaking Family," Newport History: Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society 47, Part 3 (Summer 1974): 183187. Richard L. Champlin, "William Claggett and His Clockmaking Family," Supplement to the Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc. 11 (Summer 1976): 3, 3945, fig. 2430. Frank L. Hohmann III et al., Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks (New York: Hohmann Holdings, 2009), 286287, no. 86, 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), 111n14, 297n5. Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, Claggett: Newport's Illustrious Clockmakers (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, 2018), 25, 6263, 7277, 13233, 19093, 244, no. 13, WC-54, fig. 1.41, 1.42, 1.43, 1.44, 1.63, 1.74, 1.77, 4.12. The Claggetts of Newport: Master Clockmakers in Colonial America, exh. cat. (Newport, R I.: Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 2019), 29, ill. |