Photo: Courtesy Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass.
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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF3549 |
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MakerClockmaker Caleb Wheaton, American, 17571827Casemaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight, case: 91 3/4 in. (233.046 cm) Height, with finials: 96 1/4 in. (244.476 cm) |
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Date178090 |
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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 |
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Inscriptions"Ab hoc momento pendet aeternitas" engraved on dial |
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ProvenanceSkinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton), February 24, 2001, lot 386 |
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Associated namesSkinner, Inc. |
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BibliographySkinner, Inc., Bolton, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts: Featuring the Folk Art Collection of Milton Simpson, sale cat. (February 24, 2001), 55, lot 386, ill."Skinner, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 159, no. 1 (January 2001): 100, 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), 111nn4, 18. |