A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
BY WILLIAM CUMMENS, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1802-1810
The hood with pierced fretwork and three plinths surmounted by three brass ball-and-spire finials above an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds hand and the calendar day aperture surmounted by a lunar dial with the moon and sailing vessels, the spandrels decorated with gilt reserves centering pears and carnations, inscribed "William Cummens" flanked by fluted columns with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases over a waisted case with arched and molded cupboard door centered by fluted quarter columns with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases above a square box base over a molded base, on ogee bracket feet, contains original works, sand weights and pendulum--90in. high, 20in. wide, 10in. deep
A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
BY WILLIAM CUMMENS, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1802-1810
The hood with pierced fretwork and three plinths surmounted by three brass ball-and-spire finials above an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds hand and the calendar day aperture surmounted by a lunar dial with the moon and sailing vessels, the spandrels decorated with gilt reserves centering pears and carnations, inscribed "William Cummens" flanked by fluted columns with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases over a waisted case with arched and molded cupboard door centered by fluted quarter columns with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases above a square box base over a molded base, on ogee bracket feet, contains original works, sand weights and pendulum--90in. high, 20in. wide, 10in. deep
