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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF5374 |
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MakerCasemaker UnknownClockmaker Josiah Gooding, 17771867 |
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Dimensions90 × 20 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (228.6 × 52.07 × 24.13 cm) |
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Date18001810 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Massachusetts, Made in Bristol, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); cherry (dial surround); white pine (all other secondary wood) |
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MarksJ Gooding. / BRISTOL,. painted on dial below center arbor |
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Inscriptions"Wm B Elliot / July 20, 1840"; "Cleaned Jan 30th 1878 / Wm P. Farrington"; Repaired March 7 - 1869 / W. F. Adams," in graphite, on waist door |
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ProvenanceEdward J. C. Bullock and Sarah A. H. Babbitt-Bullock, Providence and Barrington, Rhode Island, ca. 1930; by descent to a member of Babbitt-Bullock family, Brevard, North Carolina; consigned to Brunk Auctions, Ashville, North Carolina, March 12, 2010, lot 600 |
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Associated namesEdward J. C. BullockSarah A. H. Babbitt Bullock Descendant of Babbitt-Bullock family Brunk Auctions |
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Bibliography"March 12, 2011, Lot 0600," http://www.brunkauctions.com/search/lotdetailfull.php?id=57952 (accessed March 21, 2011).Gary R. Sullivan Antiques, Inc., "Josiah Gooding, Bristol, RI," http://www.garysullivanantiques.com/Inventory/tabid/66/ProdID/201/Default.aspx (accessed May 18, 2011). 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), 426n3. |