$13,035
Chippendale Cherry Tall Clock, eastern Pennsylvania, probably Montgomery County, c. 1790, the scrolled top with carved rosettes, arched and glazed hood door flanked by turned freestanding columns, fluted quarter-columns flank the waist door and the framed panel base all on ogee bracket feet, unsigned 12 in. painted iron dial with unmarked false plate, Roman numerals, gilt scrolls in the spandrels, moon's age and transfer printed globes in the arch, eight-day time and strike movement with rack and snail strike and recoil escapement, pendulum and two iron weights, old surface (minor restoration), ht. 94, wd. 19 1/2, dp. 10 3/4 in. Provenance: G.W. Samaha, Milan, Ohio. Reference: Garvin, Beatrice B., The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania German Collection (1982), p. 43, fig. 3. base and scroll top are original, two finials are replacements, paint losses on moon's age dial, 1/4 in. pad restored on object right front foot, base with old surface crack, old surface on case, no significant repairs or replacements on movement or dial.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
