Richard L. Champlin Papers, Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R.I.
Click the image to enlarge
|
Tall case clock |
|
Object numberRIF5373 |
||
MakerClockmaker William Claggett, 16941749Casemaker Unknown |
||
Date173040 |
||
Current locationUnknown |
||
GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
||
MediumUnknown wood |
||
Marks"Will Claggett / Newport," engraved, on brass nameplate below center arbor |
||
ProvenanceEither Gov. William Wanton (1670-1733) or Gov. John Wanton (1705-1780), Rhode Island; by gift to his daughter; by descent to her daughter Mrs. Benjamin Trott (nee Lydia Clark), Swansea, Massachusetts; by descent to Philip Slade, Swansea, Massachusetts; by descent to Levi Slade (1809-1892), Somerset, Massachusetts; by descent to his son Perry Slade (1844-1903), Somerset, Massachusetts. Walter H. Durfee (1857-1939), Providence, Rhode Island; sold to Norman Herreshoff (1903-1990), Bristol, Rhode Island, 1959 |
||
Associated namesGovernor William WantonGovernor John Wanton Lydia Clark Philip Slade Levi Slade Philip Slade Walter H. Durfee Norman Herreshoff |
||
BibliographyRichard 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): 16, fig. 5.The Claggetts of Newport: Master Clockmakers in Colonial America, exh. cat. (Newport, R I.: Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 2019), 20, ill. |