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From: Richard L. Champlin, "William Claggett and his Clockmaking Family," A Supplement to the Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc. 11 (Summer 1976): 17, fig.6
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Tall case clock

Object number

RIF5369

Maker

Casemaker Unknown
possibly William Claggett III, ca. 1745?1774

Dimensions

48 × 40 × 24 in. (121.92 × 101.6 × 60.96 cm)

Date

possibly 1768

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Marks

"Wm ["m" superscript] Claggett / 1768 / Newport" engraved on brass boss in top arch of dial

Bibliography

Richard L. Champlin, "William Claggett and His Clockmaking Family," Newport History: Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society 47, Part 3 (Summer 1974): 173–174, ill.
Richard L. Champlin, "William Claggett and His Clockmaking Family," Supplement to the Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc. 11 (Summer 1976): 17, fig. 6–7.
Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, Claggett: Newport's Illustrious Clockmakers (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, 2018), 241, WC-21.