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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
April 29, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Aaron Smith Thirty-hour Pine Tall Clock

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$3,198$2,600
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2890MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 29, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Aaron Smith Thirty-hour Pine Tall Clock, Ipswich, Massachusetts, June 29th, 1781, case with broad, flat crown molding over a glazed door over the composite brass 10-in. dial with pewter Roman numeral chapter ring, brass name boss in the arch engraved Aaron Smith/June ye 29th/1781 and gilt pewter spandrels, wrought iron hands, the whole flanked by engaged plain columns, the waist section with rectangular door and wrought iron "H" hinges, all on a flat, molded base, the posted iron frame thirty-hour movement with recoil escapement, rear-mounted countwheel strike, chain suspension of a period canon ball weight in a wrought iron frame and lead counter-weight, ht. 84 in.

Provenance: Garth's Auctions, November 26, 1999, Lot 126.

Note: For a related Aaron Smith example please see Battison and Kane, The American Clock, 1725-1865, pp. 62-65; another example seen at Northeast Auctions, August 6, 2006, Lot 1628.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

Case in old refinish, name boss probably silvered originally, original wrought iron hands, pendulum bob separate from rod and stencil decorated like a Scottish clock, crack in object right side lite.


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Keywords

Aaron Smith, Aaron Smith Thirty-hour, Ipswich