The Furness Family Very Rare Queen Anne Figured Walnut Tall Case Clock, works by William Furniss, Milcrick, Deleware 1739-1749

the brass engraved and silvered dial has a seconds register and a date aperture. Dial inscribed William Furniss Milcrick.

Descended through the Furness family of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Rev. William Henry Furness, Medford, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1802-1896) a prominent Unitarian minister and abolitionist;
Frank Heyling Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1839-1912) an acclaimed American architect of the Victorian era and winner of the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Trevilian Station, Virginia, on June 12, 1864, son;
Theodore Fassit Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son;
Fanney Fassit Furness Green, daughter;
To the current consignor

William Furniss is one of Delaware's earliest clockmakers. A closely related Furniss clock with an arched dial is illustrated in Philip Zimmerman, Delaware Clocks, (Dover, DE: The Briggs Museum of American Art, 2006), p. 8, no 1.  Milcrick stands for today Mill Creek Hundred which is the name of an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware.  Mill Creek Hundred is that portion of New Castle County that lies north and east of White Clay Creek and west of Red Clay Creek.  It was formed from Christiana Hundred in 1710 and was named for Mill Creek that flows through its center.