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A FEDERAL MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
WORKS BY D. WILLIAMS, NEWPORT AND PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1825
The hood with three reeded plinths surmounted by ball-and-spire brass finials centering pierced fretwork above an arched molded cornice over a glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing a sweep seconds and calendar day ring, the spandrels embellished with painted flowers, surmounted by a lunar dial, signed "D. Williams, Newport," flanked by two reeded colonettes with brass capitals and bases over a waisted case flanked by reeded
quarter columns with brass capitals and bases over a rectangular base, on bracket feet--93 1/4in. high, 21 1/2in. wide, 11 1/2in. deep
WORKS BY D. WILLIAMS, NEWPORT AND PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1825
The hood with three reeded plinths surmounted by ball-and-spire brass finials centering pierced fretwork above an arched molded cornice over a glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing a sweep seconds and calendar day ring, the spandrels embellished with painted flowers, surmounted by a lunar dial, signed "D. Williams, Newport," flanked by two reeded colonettes with brass capitals and bases over a waisted case flanked by reeded
quarter columns with brass capitals and bases over a rectangular base, on bracket feet--93 1/4in. high, 21 1/2in. wide, 11 1/2in. deep