06-09-200206-09-2002
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2145Boston
June 9, 2002 10:00 AMCalender
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Federal Mahogany Inlaid Tall Case Clock

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$10,575$9,000
Auction: Sale #2145 - 2145Location: BostonDate / Time: June 09, 2002 10:00AM

Description:

Federal Mahogany Inlaid Tall Case Clock, with dial marked "Isaac Brokaw Bridge Town" (New Jersey),1800-10, the shaped hood with inlaid patera and book-end inlays above the glazed door, which encloses a painted dial and an eight-day weight-driven movement with seconds hand and calendar aperture over the waist door with serpentine top and elliptical inlay and oval and quarter-fan inlays on the lower case with similar embellishments above the bracket feet, refinished, (restored),ht. 94 1/2 in.

Note: Isaac Brokaw (1746-1826) worked first in Elizabethtown and after 1788-89 in Bridgetown, New Jersey. He continued to use the old fashioned styles as he turned out about 125 tall clocks.
Estimate $7,000-9,000

Keywords

Isaac Brokaw, Bridgetown, Elizabethtown