A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK

DIAL SIGNED BY GODFREY LENHART (1779-1819), YORKTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1790

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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
Dial signed by Godfrey Lenhart (1779-1819), Yorktown, Pennsylvania, circa 1790
The molded and dentilled cornice above a hood with an arched glazed door enclosing a white-painted dial face with Arabic and Roman chapter rings surrounded by applied C-scrolls and surmounted by the inscription, "G.LENHART/YORKTOWN," all flanked by fluted colonettes over a waisted case with fluted quarter-columns above a box base with shaped inset panel flanked by fluted quarter-columns over a molded base, on ogee bracket feet
88in. high, 23in. wide, 12in. deep

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