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Chippendale Carved Walnut Tall Case Clock
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Chippendale Carved Walnut Tall Case Clock
John Solliday, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1770
The scrolled molded cornice ending in carved rosettes above an engraved brass and silvered dial with a bird in the arch above the chapter ring and maker's name "John Salate [sic]" and brass eight-day weight-driven movement below above a waist with narrow carved door flanked by fluted corner columns on base with cyma curved panel flanked by spiral carved corner columns all on ogee bracket base. Height 8 feet, width 19 inches, depth 9 1/2 inches.
C The Estate of Elizabeth Bailey, Reston, Virginia
New Jersey Chippendale Carved Walnut Tall Case Clock
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dial inscribed "William Hudson, Mount Holly", Mount Holly, New Jersey, circa 1775, engraved arched brass dial with applied spandrels, moon phase, seconds sweep, and date aperture, eight day brass movement, case with broken arch pediment with carved rosettes and turned finials, waisted case with mellow old surface, shaped door flanked by fluted quarter columns, paneled base with ogee bracket feet, finely figured and bookmatched base panel, two weights, winder, and pendulum present, 94-1/2 x 21-1/2 x 11 in.
Provenance: Collection of C.L. Prickett
Chippendale Mahogany Tall Case Clock
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Chippendale Mahogany Tall Case Clock
Solliday Family, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, late 18th century
Height 7 feet 11 inches, width 21 1/2 inches.
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Rare Pennsylvania Chippendale Cherry Tall Case Clock
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dial inscribed "Jacob Diehl Reading", Berks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1800, old dark surface, broken arch molded pediment with dramatic carved rosettes above relief carved leaf and floral tympanum, waisted case with blind fretwork basket weave molding, over shaped door flanked by fluted quarter columns, paneled base with ogee bracket feet, arched and painted dial with moon phase, seconds sweep, and date aperture, brass eight day movement, pendulum and two weights present, 95 x 25-1/2 x 12 in.
Note: This clock is pictured in Pennsylvania Clockmakers, Watchmakers, and Allied Crafts by James B. Whisker, pg. 172-173, fig. 35-36.
Also illustrated in Berks County Tall Case Clocks, 1750-1850, pg. 41, 84, and 85.
Exhibition catalog by the Historical Society of Berks County, September 16, 1995 – March 16, 1996.
Provenance: Collection of C.L. Prickett
Chippendale Carved Cherry Tall Case Clock
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Chippendale Carved Cherry Tall Case Clock
Adam Brant, New Hanover, Pennsylvania circa 1770
The scrolled molded crest with carved rosettes above the engraved brass dial with makers name in the arch and pull-up movement on a waist with carved door and fluted corner columns on base with raised panel and ogee bracket feet. Height 8 feet 3/4 inches, width 23 inches, depth 11 inches.
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G.K.S. Bush, Nantucket, MA, 1992
C Property of a Collector, Fifth Avenue
Fine New Jersey Chippendale Walnut Tall Case Clock
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arched brass dial inscribed "Wood & Hudson, Mount Holly", New Jersey, circa 1775, dial with painted moon phase, seconds sweep, and date aperture, Hudson engraved brass dial, eight day brass movement, waisted case with scrolled pediment and carved rosettes, inset fluted quarter columns, highly figured bookmatched walnut base panel, 94 x 21-1/2 x 12 in.
Provenance: Collection of C.L. Prickett
Pennsylvania Chippendale Tall Case Clock
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Pennsylvania Chippendale Tall Case. C. 1785. Mahogany with fluted quarter columns; swan’s neck top, carved rosettes; some restorations. Brass moon phase dial with silvered chapter ring. 8 day time & strike weight driven calendar movement. Ht. 8′ 5″. The Greenberg Collection, Pennsylvania.