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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF4527 |
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MakerClockmaker James Wady, died 1759Casemaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 84 × 19 1/8 × 10 in. (213.36 × 48.58 × 25.4 cm) |
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Date175059 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); chestnut (back board and glue blocks at front corners of case) |
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Marks"James Wady / Newport," engraved, on plaque below center of dial |
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Inscriptions"STRIKE / SILENT," engraved on boss in dial arch |
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ProvenanceSkinner, Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton), May 24, 1985, lot 141; sold to John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut; sold to a private collection |
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Associated namesSkinner, Inc.John S. Walton, Inc. |
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BibliographySkinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Mass., Fine Americana, sale cat. (May 24, 1985), lot 141, ill.Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, Claggett: Newport's Illustrious Clockmakers (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, 2018), 246, JW-9. |