Photo: Courtesy Ralph Carpenter Papers, Joseph Downs Manuscript Library, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del.
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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF399 |
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MakerCasemaker UnknownClockmaker Caleb Wheaton, American, 1757?1827 |
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Dimensions102 × 19 × 9 1/2 in. (259.08 × 48.26 × 24.13 cm) |
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Date18001815 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); pine (backboard) |
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Marks"Caleb Wheaton / Providence," painted on dial |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceGladding family, Rhode Island. Israel Sack, Inc., New York, before 1984 |
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Associated namesGladding familyIsrael Sack, Inc. |
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BibliographyMichael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 289290, fig. 7.17, 7.17ab. |