Very Fine Federal Inlaid Cherrywood Dwarf Clock, Works attributed to Samuel Mulliken II (1765-1847), Newburyport, Massachusetts, Circa 1810

Peter Eaton Antiques, Newbury, Massachusetts.

The fret is a restoration based on the original fret of a similar clock, and the finials, while period, are replacements. The proper left side molding on the hood is an old restoration, and there is a small repair to the proper left side of the base. The bell and clapper are restored with period examples. - According to Peter Eaton's assessment.
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A very similar dwarf clock with related inlay and spiral twist columns, but lacking carved fretwork and finials, is illustrated in Wallace Nutting, The Clock Book (Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1935), pl. 101. The latter sold in Manchester, New Hampshire, at Northeast Auctions, The Collection of John Howland Ricketson III, May 29,1993, lot 93.  Another dwarf clock with nearly identical inlay was sold in these rooms, Property from the Collection of Josephine & Walter Buhl Ford II, October 6, 2006, sale 8267, lot 370. Another example of similar form was sold in these rooms, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Earls, Important Americana, January 20, 2007, sale 8278, lot 305.