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Tall case clock

Object number

RIF5488

Maker

Casemaker Unknown
Clockmaker Caleb Wheaton, American, 1757?1827

Dimensions

92 1/2 × 18 × 9 1/2 in. (234.95 × 45.72 × 24.13 cm)

Date

1800–1815

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); pine (secondary)

Marks

"Caleb Wheaton, Providence.," in black paint, on dial

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Boston), October 28, 1982, lot 141. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 1984

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.
Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc.

Bibliography

Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., Gallery Catalogue (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., 1974–2020), vol. 4, p. 69.