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Property from the Estate of Dr. William Serri
A CHIPPENDALE BLOCK-AND-SHELL CARVED MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 1760-1790
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A CHIPPENDALE BLOCK-AND-SHELL CARVED MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
Newport, Rhode Island, 1760-1790
The molded arched pediment with three urn-and-flame finials, above a conforming glazed door flanked by fluted colonettes, the painted face with moon phase, and Roman and Arabic chapter rings with date aperture and seconds sweep, with floral and foliate painted decoration, above a waisted case with shell-carved block-front tombstone door, over a box base, on ogee bracket feet, feet and base panel replaced
98¼in. high, 20½in. wide, 11in. deep
Newport, Rhode Island, 1760-1790
The molded arched pediment with three urn-and-flame finials, above a conforming glazed door flanked by fluted colonettes, the painted face with moon phase, and Roman and Arabic chapter rings with date aperture and seconds sweep, with floral and foliate painted decoration, above a waisted case with shell-carved block-front tombstone door, over a box base, on ogee bracket feet, feet and base panel replaced
98¼in. high, 20½in. wide, 11in. deep