Property from the Collection of Anne H. and Frederick Vogel III
A Federal Tall Case Clock, Works by Aaron Willard (1757-1844), Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1810
Auction Closed
January 20, 04:11 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Inlaid and figured mahogany and satinwood
The dial inscribed Aaron Willard Boston and Warranted for Mr. Joseph Barfs; with Paul Revere Jr.'s printed paper winding instruction affixed to the interior waist door
Height 95 in. by Width 20 in. by Depth 10¼ in.
Fretwork, finials and finial plinths are replaced
Mrs. Dalquist, Chicago;
Vogel Collection no. NVN32.
This clock was likely commissioned for Captain Joseph Barss (1750-1826) of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Barss was born in Chatham, Massachusetts and frequented Boston on his sailing ventures. His son, Joseph Barss, Jr. (1776–1824), was also a sea captain. He captained the schooner Liverpool Packet which was a captured slave ship originally named the Severn. Barss, Jr. became one of the most successful privateers on the North American Atlantic coast during the War of 1812. Additional information on Joseph Barss see C. H. J. Snider, Under the Red Jack; Privateers of the Maritime Provinces of Canada in the War of 1812, (London, M. Hopkinson & Company, Ltd., 1928), pp. 17–52.
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