$4,920
Levi & Abel Hutchins Birch Tall Clock, Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1790, the stained birch case with carved rosettes terminating the swan's neck pediment, freestanding turned columns flanking the five-piece sheet brass Roman numeral dial with arch reading Levi & Abel Hutchins Concord with scrollwork decoration, seconds bit and calendar aperture, tombstone-shaped waist door, and short step-molded base, brass, eight day time and hour strike movement with half-moon cutouts on plates, regulated by a brass-faced pendulum with wooden rod and two tin-cased weights, ht. 85 in. NOte: According to S. and T. Spittler and C. Bailey's book Clockmakers and Watchmakers of America by Name and Place , Levi and Abel worked together in Concord New Hampshire from 1786 to 1803.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-04-29
