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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF5932 |
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MakerCasemaker UnknownClockmaker William Stillman, 17671858 |
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Dimensions93 1/2 × 21 × 9 1/4 in. (237.49 × 53.34 × 23.5 cm) |
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Date17931809 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Westerly, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany with light and dark wood inlay |
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Marks"WM Stillman Westerly," painted, on dial |
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Inscriptions"Hollow Drum / White Cockade / Guilderoy / Aloway House," painted on dial |
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ProvenanceChristie's, New York, January 2021, 1989, lot 637 |
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Associated namesChristie's |
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NotesThe works may not be original to the case. Source: Christie's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, January 2021, 1989, p. 212, lot 637. |
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BibliographyChristie's New York, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 2021, 1989), 212, lot 637, ill.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 297n5. |