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Tall case clock

Object number

RIF5401

Maker

Casemaker Unknown
Clockmaker William Stanton, 1794?1878

Dimensions

Height: 91 3/4 in. (233.05 cm)

Date

1815–25

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Mahogany

Marks

"Wm. Stanton / PROVIDENCE" painted on dial below calendar dial

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Roland B. Hamond (1917–1993), Andover, Massachusetts; private collection, Rhode Island; Sotheby's, New York, October 24–25, 1986, lot 282

Associated names

Roland B. Hammond
Rhode Island private collection
Sotheby's

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Paintings, and Chinese Export Porcelain, sale cat. (October 24–25, 1986), lot 282, ill.