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THBRare Walnut Burl Veneer and Inlaid Tall Case Clock, William Claggett, Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1735, the hood with flat-molded cornice
Lot 1128
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Nov 13, 2020 - Nov 23, 2020
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2020-11-13 12:00:00
2020-11-23 19:00:00
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- Lot Description
Rare Walnut Burl Veneer and Inlaid Tall Case Clock, William Claggett, Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1735, the hood with flat-molded cornice and turned finials above a pierced fretwork and tombstone door with engaged colonnettes, the arched engraved dial with cast brass spandrels depicting birds flanking an urn, the dial indicating hours, minutes, seconds, and day of the month, with circular opening in the arch showing a rotating "sad" moon face and its phases, time and date in Arabic numerals, and the time of local tides in Roman numerals, and an arched band engraved "WILL. CLAGGETT. NEWP.," the case veneered in walnut burl, with contrasting stringing and crossbanding, all on flat-molded base, (imperfections), ht. 86 in.
Provenance: Descended in the Atkinson family from James Atkinson, an early owner.
Literature: The present lot's dial details are illustrated and discussed in Claggett, Newport's Illustrious Clockmakers, Donald L. Fennimore and Frank Hohmann III, Yale University Press, pp. 71, 72, and 75; The Claggetts of Newport: Master Clockmakers in Colonial America Exhibition Catalogue, p. 24, illustrated.
Exhibitions: The Claggetts of Newport: Master Clockmakers in Colonial America, Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island, December 9, 2018-April 1, 2019.Condition
Condition: lacks sarcophagus pediment.
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