$35,100
Philadelphia William & Mary oak tall case clock, ca. 1705 , the flat top bonnet enclosing an 8-day works with brass face, signed Abel Cottey Philadelphia , the works are inscribed behind the face BC 1709 m 9x20 clock BC , probably stands for Cottey's apprentice Benjamin Chandlee, above a straight case with bracket feet, 80 1/2" h. This is the earliest known date on an American clock. The only other surviving example of Cottey's work is a clock face in the collection of Philip Bradley, Illustrated Worldly Goods , fig. 420. Illustrated in Palmer The Book of American Clocks , fig. 3, described as Possibly the earliest extant American made clock . Provenance: Carson family.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2010-01-16
