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Lot Essay
John Barnes' working dates are listed as circa 1759 in Palmer, The Book of American Clocks (New York, 1950) and circa 1750 in Distin and Bishop, The American Clock (New York, 1976) and Sposato, Dictionary of American Clock & Watch Makers (White Plains, New York, 1983).
A Philadelphia tall-case clock signed by Edward Duffield (w.1741-1801) with similar panelled box base from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is illustrated in Distin and Bishop, p. 40.
A Philadelphia tall-case clock signed by Edward Duffield (w.1741-1801) with similar panelled box base from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is illustrated in Distin and Bishop, p. 40.