Photo: Courtesy Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass.
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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF4620 |
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MakerCasemaker UnknownClockmaker Thomas Wagstaff, 1724?1802 |
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DimensionsHeight: 90 1/2 in. (229.87 cm) |
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Date177090 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); chestnut (secondary) |
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Marks"Thos. Wagstaffe / London," engraved on dial |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceJethro Starbuck (16711770), Nantucket, Massachusetts; by descent in the Starbuck family; by descent to William Benjamin Weeks (18701963), Providence, Rhode Island, by 1900. Skinner, Boston, November 8, 2009, lot 58 |
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Associated namesJethro StarbuckDescendants of Jethro Starbuck William Benjamin Weeks Skinner, Inc. |
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ConstructionThe removable arched board has a molded crown above an arched molding and turned colonettes, flanking an arched molded and glazed door opening to a silvered dial and movement. The case contains a flat, thumb-molded and arched hinged door above a simple flat base and base molding. Examined by P.E. Kane, November 7, 2009; notes compiled by T.B. Lloyd. |
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BibliographySkinner, Inc., Boston, American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (November 8, 2009), 23, lot 58, 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), 112n26. |