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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF6315 |
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MakerClockmaker Unknown(dialmaker) Osborne's Manufactory Casemaker Unknown |
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Dimensions94 3/4 × 21 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (240.67 × 54.61 × 26.99 cm) Width, dial: 13 in. (33.02 cm) |
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Date17851800 |
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Current locationPrivate collection |
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GeographyProbably made in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple or birch (runners for hood); chestnut (seatboard, backboard, bottom board, and hood top); yellow poplar (dial mat and waist door); pine (glue blocks feet, base bottom frame, and case corners) |
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MarksOsborne, stamped on false plate; "Osbornes Manufactory Birmingham, stamped on back of dial |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceNicholas Peck (17621847), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to his third wife, Sarah Gorham Peck; by descent to their son Rev. Francis Peck (18091888), Brooklyn, New York; by descent to his son Louis H. F. Peck (18461909), Brooklyn, New York, and Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to his son Louis F. Peck, State College, Pennsylavania; by descent to his wife Eleanor B. Peck, State College Pennsylavania, and Mystic, Connecticut; sold to Sara Andrews, Ashaway Rhode Island, 1982; private collection,1983 |
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Associated namesNicholas PeckSarah Gorham Peck Reverend Francis Peck Louis H. F. Peck Louis F. Peck Eleanor B. Peck Sara Andrews |