11-04-201711-04-2017
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3038BBoston
November 4, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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Carved Maple Tall Case Clock

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$4,305$3,500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3038BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Carved Maple Tall Case Clock, Timothy Chandler, Concord, New Hampshire, late 18th century, tombstone-shaped hood and glazed door with white-painted iron dial lettered with the maker's name and brass eight-day weight-driven movement, brass stop-fluting to hood and waist, and ogee bracket base, refinished, ht. with finial 94 in.

Provenance: A Cornwall, Connecticut, Collector.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

crack in hood side light, center finial replaced, center plinth with losses to top, dial with areas of repaint (including calendar aperture) and losses (signature weak, moon-phase indicator with losses),base with shrinkage to left side, green paint to bottom areas of feet where floor may have been painted around it, bottom board broken out.


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Timothy Chandler