Lot 209
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A FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY SHELF CLOCK

DIAL SIGNED DAVID WOOD (1766-C.1850), NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 1800-1815

Details
A FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY SHELF CLOCK
dial signed david wood (1766-c.1850), newburyport, massachusetts, 1800-1815
The upswept pediment centering a carved pinwheel surmounted by a brass spire-and-ball finial flanked by reeded plinths surmounted by brass fame-and-urn finials above an astragal shaped cupboard door with reeded pilasters enclosing a conforming white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings centering the painted inscription DAVID WOOD NEW---PORT over a molded mid-band above a conforming case with cupboard door centering a rectangular cupboard door with applied architectural elements of an arch with a keystone above two reeded pilasters the whole flanked by reeded pilasters above a cavetto-molded base, on ogee bracket feet, feet replaced
35½in. high, 12in. wide, 6in. deep

Lot Essay

A related shelf clock with works by David Wood without feet located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is illustrated in William H. Distin and Robert Bishop, The American Clock (New York,1976) p.94-95, fig. 192. Another shelf clock with similar case but with a brass engraved dial signed William Fitz is illustrated in The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire, 1725-1825 (The Currier Gallery of Art, 1964), fig. 77.