Description:
Inlaid Mahogany Tall Case Clock, Stephen Taber, case by Reuben Swift, New Bedford, c. 1807-12, the arched molded hood with pierced fretwork and three brass finials above the white-painted iron dial with moon's age, lettered "S.TABER," flanked by brass stop-fluted reeded columns, the waist door with inlaid tiger maple crossbanding and stringing flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter-columns on a conformingly inlaid base with panel and flaring French feet, refinished, ht. including finial 89 3/4 in.
Literature: Illustrated and discussed in Jobe et al., Harbor and Home: The Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, plate 92, pp. 274-75.
Note: "S. Taber" inscribed on the back of the dial.
Estimate $10,000-15,000
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Stephen Taber, Reuben SwiftStephen L. Fletcher
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