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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF6095 |
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MakerClockmaker William Claggett, 16941749Casemaker Unknown |
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Dimensions94 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 10 in. (240.03 × 49.53 × 25.4 cm) |
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Date174045 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumCherry (primary); chestnut (secondary) |
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Marks"William Clagget / Newport," engraved, on boss in dial arch |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceDelaney Antique Clocks, West Townsend, Massachusetts, 2014 |
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Associated namesDelaney Antique Clocks |
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BibliographyPatricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 111n19.Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, Claggett: Newport's Illustrious Clockmakers (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, 2018), 7273, 14445, 14849, 241, no. 6, WC-15, fig. 1.58, 5.10, 5.21. The Claggetts of Newport: Master Clockmakers in Colonial America, exh. cat. (Newport, R I.: Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 2019), 27, ill. |