$22,140
Levi Pitkin Wall Regulator, Montpelier, Vermont, c. 1800, dovetailed cherry case with top-mounted bell, recessed pulley, full-length case door with glazed dial opening over the 10 1/2-in. engraved brass dial marked Pitken/Montpelier with Arabic minutes around the perimeter, seconds at the top subsidiary dial and hours below, eight-day time and "passing strike" movement with seconds pendulum and tin-cased weight, ht. 53 1/2 in. Note: Pitkin was an apprentice to Daniel Burnap of East Windsor, Connecticut, and the present regulator is related to a movement sketch done by Burnap in his Memorandum book, now at the Connecticut Historical Society. For additional information about Pitkin please see Kenneth Joel Zogry, The Best the Country Affords/Vermont Furniture 1765-1850 , pp. 140-141. Provenance: Skinner, Inc. August 2011, Sale 2559M, Lot 20; Terry and Karen Brotherton.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
