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Queen Anne Walnut Tall Case Clock, Isaac Thomas (1721-1802), Willis Town, Chester County, Pennsylvania, c. 1765, with 12-inch brass matted center dial, applied cast brass spandrels, chapter ring and maker's boss engraved, "Isaac Thomas, Willis Town" and an eight-day brass, five pillar movement with rack and snail strike and recoil escapement powered by two brass-cased weights and regulated by a strap brass pendulum rod and bob, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 99 in. Provenance: Direct descent within the Brinton family to the consignor. Literature: On page 73 of Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania 1680-1758, Philadelphia Museum of Art, by Jack Lindsey, 1999, "Isaac Thomas settled in Willistown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he not only worked as a clockmaker, but also as a farmer and operator of both a saw and gristmill." See a very similar Isaac Thomas tall case clock, fig. 102. See also Arthur E. James, Chester County Clocks and Their Makers , pp. 188-199. Note: Excerpts from a copy of a handwritten note penned by the consignor's grandmother indicates: "I am leaving my grandfather clock to Jack and Bunny. Bunny has the name and address of the man who has always taken care of it since its arrival in Cleveland. I have had it since the house at 20 West Chestnut was broken up in 1917... . The face unquestionably came from England and the works and case were made in Willis Town, which lies between Phila & West Chester & was, incidentally, the place whe Read more…


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Date:
2007-06-03

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