A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK

DIAL SIGNED EFFINGHAM EMBREE, 1790-1800, W. 1789-1796, NEW YORK CITY

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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
dial signed effingham embree, 1790-1800, w. 1789-1796, new york city
The pedimented hood centering three finials above an inlaid compass star and eagle over three book-end inlaid glyphs over an astragal- shaped glazed door flanked by reeded columns and enclosing a conforming painted dialface centering Arabic and Roman numeral chapter rings surrounding two sweep seconds ring, all over a waisted case headed by three book-end inlaid glyphs over a central lozenge-shaped and molded door flanked by fluted quarter-columns and line inlay above a molded box base
94½in. high, 10in. deep

拍品專文

Identical clock cases are found on clocks by Embree in the Henry Ford Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the White House Collection. Another was formerly in the collection of William Randolph Hearst (see Parke Bernet Galleries, "The William Randolph Hearst Collection," November 17, 18, 19, 1938).