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A Chippendale Carved and Figured Walnut Tall Case Clock
Estimate: $8,000-$12,000
Sold
$8,500
Live Auction
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description
A Chippendale Carved and Figured Walnut Tall Case Clock
Movement By Thomas Wagstaffe Of London, Case From Philadelphia, Circa 1775
the rosette decorated swan's neck pediment surmounted by a central pierce carved cartouche flanked by flaming urn finials, above a engraved brass and silvered dial with Roman numeral chapter ring, inscribed, "Thomas Wagstaffe/ London," the case with fluted quarter columns flanking a double arched door and panel, raised on ogee bracket feet.
Height 100 1/4 x width 21 3/4 x depth 12 1/2 inches.
Condition
presents well, with wonderful figuring to wood throughout; we feel that the dial, works and the case started out life together; glass panels to hood probably replaced; includes pendulum, two case keys, and brass keyhole escutcheon (detached but present); does not include weights or winding key; cartouche and finials are likely later replacements, possibly late 19th-century examples, and cartouche post with repaired break, with two minor cracks to upper part of cartouche; both finials with repaired breaks along base; backboard with numerous holes in backboard, retains bottom board; right-facing quarter column has shifted over time; some minor dents to case door molding; right-facing front foot with repaired break- elements slightly loose; some age cracks along side panels of base, and scratch to left-facing side of base; with shims under support boards / cheeks to clock works; brass with slight knick to bottom left-facing corner; some crazing to enamel filling roman numerals; stress crack to upper right-facing corner of hood door (but stable); left and right sides of broken arch with repaired breaks, small repaired chip to left-facing corner of pediment; some age cracks to side panels of hood; hood and trunk doors both lacking original escutcheon, with later one installed to hood door; as with all mechanical objects, Freeman's | Hindman does not guarantee functionality for clocks
Provenance
Provenance:by repute, Jesse Williams and Elizabeth (Price) Williams, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;to their daughter, Sarah (Williams) Longstreth (1781-1848) and her husband Joshua Longstreth (1775-1869); to their daughter, Lydia Williams (Longstreth) Price (1801-1843) and her husband Richard Price (1794-1865); to their daughter, Rebecca Thompson (Price) Hunt (1834-1927), and her husband William Hunt (1825-1896), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;to their son, George Wood Hunt (1860-1907), and his wife Genevra Holt (1871-1959), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;to their son, George Wood Hunt, Jr. (1903-1992), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;private collections.Note:A handwritten paper label affixed to the interior of the back board reads:George W. Hunt Jr. / This clock belonged to his great, great, great Grand father & Grand mother Jesse and Elizabeth Williams who lived at 709 Spruce Street from 1796 until 1814. / Sixth mo. 29th 1917.