Elnathan Taber Mahogany Tall Clock

Description:

Elnathan Taber Mahogany Tall Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1790, case attributed to Stephen Badlam (1751-1815),dial signed by John Minott (1772-1826) J Minott 89, painted iron dial signed Elnathan Taber, Roman numerals, floral spandrels and moon's age dial in the arch, pierced and blind fret at the cornice, brass stop fluted free standing columns flanking the dial, banded inlaid rectangular waist door with cut corners and fan spandrels flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns, the base with banded, line, segmented, and fan inlays all on ogee feet, eight-day time and strike movement with tin cased weights and pendulum, ht. 97 in.

Note: The front plate of the movement is inscribed This clock cleaned by E. Taber Roxbury, 27 Nov, 1812, it then being 20 years old.

Marked Stephen Badlam cases are known with blind fret, complicated inlays, waist doors and side frets with cut corners. For a closely related case and signed Minott dial, see Robinson and Burt, The Willard House and Clock Museum and Willard Family Clockmakers, p. 57. For a documented Badlam case see, p. 88.

Information on dial painter John Minott is found in Paul J. Foley, Willard's Patent Timepieces, pp. 283-84.
Estimate $10,000-15,000

Replacement ogee feet, moon dial repainted, remains of original pierced fret, lacking finials, period wooden pendulum rod and brass faced bob, tin-cased weights, hands and winding key.

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