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The Bertolet Family Very Fine and Rare Federal Yellow and Red Grain-Painted Thirty-Hour Tall-Case Clock, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1825
Estimate
50,000 - 100,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- height 97 1/2 in. by width 19 in. by depth 11 1/2 in. (247.7cm by 48..3cm by 29.2cm)
Provenance
Privately purchased from the Bertolet family, Oley, Berks County Pennsylvania;
Collection of Richard S. and Rosemarie B. Machmer;
Sotheby's Kutztown, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania-German Folk Art, Decorative Arts and Furniture from the Collection of Richard S. and Rosemarie B. Machmer, May 24, 1997, sale no. 6995, lot 475.
Literature
Richard S. and Rosemarie B. Machmer, Berks County Tall-Case Clocks, 1750-1850, (Reading, PA: The Historical Society Press of Berks County Pennsylvania, 1995), fig. 34, p. 72, and illustrated in color on the cover.
Condition
Base panel with vertical Y4 in crack, paint not black lighted.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"The Bertolet family painted clock may be regarded as the peak of local tradition of painted clock cases that dates back at least into the last quarter of the 18th century,", John J. Snyder, Jr., Berks County Tall-Case Clocks, 1750-1850, p. 27.