$24,600
Samuel S. Grosch Mahogany Shelf Clock, Marietta, Pennsylvania, c. 1820, with four freestanding turned columns supporting an arched cornice with six plinths topped by brass finials, 13 1/2-in. painted iron dial marked Saml. S. Grosch, Marietta, Pa. , Arabic hour, minute, and center calendar numerals, blued steel hour, minute, calendar, and sweep hands, painted dial with country scene with pendulum aperture a tilt-top table, veneered side panels framed with banded inlay, brass paw feet, removable bird's-eye maple veneered panels inside front door, two hinged sections of backboard for access to weights, and eight-day double compounded, weight-powered movement with rack and snail strike, pull repeat, and front-mounted escape wheel and pallets, ht. 36 in. Provenance: Herbert Nilson Collection; Skinner, Sale #2444, February 2009, Lot 50; Terry and Karen Brotherton. Literature: This clock is pictured and discussed in Edward F. Lafond, Jr. and J. Carter Harris, Pennsylvania Shelf and Bracket Clocks, 1750-1850 , p. 59; Stacy Wood and Stephen Kramer III, Clockmakers of Lancaster County and Their Clocks, 1750-1850 , pp. 63, 221; and The American Clock , pp. 114, 115.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
