Lot 816
  • 816

QUEEN ANNE CHERRYWOOD TALL CASE CLOCK, WORKS BY JOHN WHITEAR, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1730

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
  • Height 89 1/2 in. by Width 18 1/2 in. by Depth 10 1/2 in.
Dial inscribed John Whitear, Fairfield, No. 52.

Provenance

Jonathan Trace, Cortlandt Manor, New York.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Antique Show, It's About Time ..., April 8-12, 2000.

Literature

Dr. Robert E. Booth, Jr. and Edward F. Lafond, Jr., "New England Tall Case Clocks," Philadelphia Antique Show catalog, 2000, p. 57, fig. A; 
“Philadelphia Antique Show,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly, April 21, 2000, p. 59.

Condition

4 in. by 1/2 in. chip out of the top proper left side of bonnet.
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