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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF4611 |
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MakerClockmaker James Wady, died 1759Casemaker Unknown |
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Dimensions83 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (212.09 × 46.99 × 24.13 cm) |
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Date175059 |
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Current locationPreservation Society of Newport County |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); chestnut (secondary) |
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Marks"James Wady Newport," engraved on nameplate in dial arch |
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ProvenanceCold Spring Auction Gallery, Beacon, New York; sold to the Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island, 1996 |
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Associated namesCold Spring Auction Gallery |
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BibliographyChristie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, and Folk Art: Featuring English Pottery from the Collection of the Late Robert J. Kahn and the Lafayette-Washington Pistols, sale cat. (January 1819, 2002), 224, fig. 8.The Claggetts of Newport: Master Clockmakers in Colonial America, exh. cat. (Newport, R I.: Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 2019), 43, ill. |