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Tall case clock

Object number

RIF5653

Maker

Casemaker Unknown
Clockmaker David Williams, 1769?1823

Dimensions

Height: 88 1/2 in. (224.79 cm)

Date

1795–1815

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Mahogany and mahogany veneer

Marks

"David Williams. / NEWPORT," painted, on dial below winding holes

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts (sale held Boston), October 28, 2012, lot 170

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 28, 2012), 56–57, lot 170.