Property from the ESTATE OF JACK SHAPIRO, PHILADELPHIA
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
DIAL SIGNED THOMAS SHAW, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 1766-1795
The hood with swan's neck pediment terminating in carved and gilt-decorated rosettes centering a bronze figure above a molded arched cornice, the engraved brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds and calender ring surmounted by a lunar dial engraved THOMAS SHAW LANCASTER above a painted harbor scene all flanked by fluted colonettes with brass Corinthian capitals all over a waisted case with a dentil-molded frieze and an arched panelled cupboard door flanked by fluted quarter columns over a rectangular box base with chamfered corners, on ogee bracket feet, glazed door to dial face missing, restorations to feet
89¼in. high, 17½in. wide, 9¾in. deep
DIAL SIGNED THOMAS SHAW, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 1766-1795
The hood with swan's neck pediment terminating in carved and gilt-decorated rosettes centering a bronze figure above a molded arched cornice, the engraved brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds and calender ring surmounted by a lunar dial engraved THOMAS SHAW LANCASTER above a painted harbor scene all flanked by fluted colonettes with brass Corinthian capitals all over a waisted case with a dentil-molded frieze and an arched panelled cupboard door flanked by fluted quarter columns over a rectangular box base with chamfered corners, on ogee bracket feet, glazed door to dial face missing, restorations to feet
89¼in. high, 17½in. wide, 9¾in. deep