Photo: Courtesy of Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Mass., 57.1.99
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Tall case clock with earlier movement |
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Object numberRIF4392 |
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MakerClockmaker William Claggett, 16941749Casemaker Unknown |
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Dimensions92 3/4 × 19 1/4 × 10 7/8 in. (235.59 × 48.9 × 27.62 cm) |
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Date173040 (movement); 18001810 (case) |
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Current locationOld Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and mahogany veneer (primary); chestnut (back and top of hood and backboard to case); pine (corner blocks of case interior, core of upper molding of hood, and seat board) |
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Marks"W Claggett / Newport," engraved on boss in dial arch |
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Inscriptions"From the Collection of / J. Cheney Wells / Southbridge, Massachusetts / No. 70," engraved on brass plaque screwed to interior of waist door |
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ProvenanceJ. Cheney Wells, Southbridge, Massachusetts, 1936 until 1957; given to Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, 1957 |
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Associated namesJ. Cheney Wells |
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BibliographyPhilip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 17251825: An Interpretation of the Old Sturbridge Village Collection (Sturbridge, Mass.: Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, 1992), 1314, 164, fig. 1-31-4.Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, Claggett: Newport's Illustrious Clockmakers (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, 2018), 5052, 7273, 241, WC-17, fig. 1.14, 1.15, 1.62. |