A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK

DIAL SIGNED BY STEPHEN TABER (1777-1862), NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1798-1802

Details

A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
Dial signed by Stephen Taber (1777-1862), New Bedford, Massachusetts, circa 1798-1802
The arched crest above fluted plinths centering pierced fretwork over an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds ring and calendar day aperture surmounted by a lunar dial, the spandrels embellished with gilt reserves centering painted roses, inscribed S. TABER flanked by fluted colonettes with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases above a waisted case with rectangular cupboard door inlaid with ebonized and satinwood quarter fans with stringing edged with molding flanked by fluted quarter fans with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases over a box base with matching quarter fans and stringing above base molding, on ogee bracket feet
96¼in. high, 197/8in. wide, 9¾in. deep

Provenance

Sold in these Rooms, June 25, 1991, lot 155

Lot Essay

Stephen Taber (1777-1862) worked in New Bedford for approximately four years, between 1798 and 1802. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, Elnathan (1768-1854), Stephen Taber was an apprentice to Aaron Willard in Boston. For a closely related tall-case clock and a discussion of Stephen Taber, see Elton W. Hall, "New Bedford Furniture," Antiques (May 1978), pp. 1105-1127, fig. 4.

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