$10,455
Joseph Nye Dunning Gallery Clock, Burlington, Vermont, c. 1825, mahogany and mahogany veneered case with 20-in. gilded frame enclosing the hinged bezel over the 16-in. painted iron Roman numeral dial and teardrop blued steel hands, serpentine sides with swelled midsection rising to the ogival lower hinged door and ending with the veneered pedestal, eight-day, time-only round plates with straight base movement, step train and recoil escapement, pendulum and iron weight, ht. 36 in. Provenance: Former NAWCC President, Donald Packard; Peter Sawyer Antiques; Terry and Karen Brotherton. Literature: A closely related clock with identical movement is illustrated and discussed in Lilian Baker Carlisle, Vermont Clock and Watchmakers, Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1778-1878 , p. 125; this reference is also an excellent source of additional information on Dunning during his Vermont years. Illustrated and discussed in Horological Rarities of Space City '99 , p. 18.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
