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Tall case clock

Object number

RIF3845

Maker

Casemaker Unknown
Clockmaker Edward Spalding, American, 1732?1785

Dimensions

Height: 89 in. (226.061 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Cherry

Marks

"Spalding / PROVIDENCE," engraved, on plaque on dial

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Robert A. Blekicki, Andover, Massachusetts, 1987. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), August 4–5, 2001, lot 740

Associated names

Robert A. Blekicki
Northeast Auctions

Bibliography

"New England Gallery, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 131, no. 5 (May 1987): 897, ill.
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., New Hampshire Weekend Americana Auction, sale cat. (August 4–5, 2001), 73, lot 74, ill.