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DIAL SIGNED BY THOMAS WAGSTAFFE, LONDON; CASE, PHILADELPHIA, 1765-1785
Details
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED WALNUT TALL CASE CLOCK
Dial signed by Thomas Wagstaffe, London; case, Philadelphia, 1765-1785
The broken swan's-neck pediment terminating in carved rosettes centering a C-scroll and a cabochon-carved cartouche and flanked by flame-and-urn finials above an arched glazed door opening to an engraved brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings centering a seconds sweep, calendar aperture and engraved plaque, "Thomas Wagstaffe LONDON," all enclosed by gilded cast-brass applied spandrels and surmounted by a dial flanked by similar spandrels, all flanked by free-standing colonettes over a waisted case fitted with a door with shaped crest flanked by fluted quarter-columns, on ogee bracket feet, works and case married
100in. high, 21in. wide, 11in. deep
Dial signed by Thomas Wagstaffe, London; case, Philadelphia, 1765-1785
The broken swan's-neck pediment terminating in carved rosettes centering a C-scroll and a cabochon-carved cartouche and flanked by flame-and-urn finials above an arched glazed door opening to an engraved brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings centering a seconds sweep, calendar aperture and engraved plaque, "Thomas Wagstaffe LONDON," all enclosed by gilded cast-brass applied spandrels and surmounted by a dial flanked by similar spandrels, all flanked by free-standing colonettes over a waisted case fitted with a door with shaped crest flanked by fluted quarter-columns, on ogee bracket feet, works and case married
100in. high, 21in. wide, 11in. deep
Provenance
The Williams-Longstretch family, Philadelphia
Ginsburg and Levy, New York City
Ginsburg and Levy, New York City