Daniel Burnap Cherry Tall Clock, East Windsor, Connecticut, c. 1790, pierced fret with bold reeded columns above the turned free-standing columns, engraved silvered brass dial with floral decorated center, and spandrels, seconds bit, calendar aperture, and arch engraved "Daniel Burnap E. Windsor," oxbow-shaped full-length waist door, reeded quarter columns, stepped molded base on flared ogee feet, eight-day, time and hour strike movement, regulated by two iron weights, and a wooden rod pendulum, ht. 93 in. with finial.
Provenance: Christie's Sale 2533 Important American Furniture and Folk Art, lot 122, January 19, 2012.
Condition
Condition: fret appears to be original, original seating board, feet and bottom board.
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