Levi Pitkin Wall Regulator

Description:

Levi Pitkin Wall Regulator, Montpelier, Vermont, c. 1800, dovetailed cherry case with top-mounted bell, recessed pulley, full-length case door with glazed dial opening over the 10 1/2-in. engraved brass dial marked Pitken/Montpelier with Arabic minutes around the perimeter, seconds at the top subsidiary dial and hours below, eight-day time and "passing strike" movement with seconds pendulum and tin-cased weight, ht. 53 1/2 in.

Note: Pitkin was an apprentice to Daniel Burnap of East Windsor, Connecticut, and the present regulator is related to a movement sketch done by Burnap in his Memorandum book, now at the Connecticut Historical Society. For additional information about Pitkin please see Kenneth Joel Zogry, The Best the Country Affords/Vermont Furniture 1765-1850, pp. 140-141.

Provenance: Skinner, Inc. August 2011, Sale 2559M, Lot 20; Terry and Karen Brotherton.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

Old surface on case, dial probably was silvered, case door slightly warped, repair to fall off strike lever.


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