Lot 155
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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK

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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
BY STEPHEN TABOR, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1798-1802

The hood with three brass ball-and-spire finials above fluted plinths centering pierced fretwork over an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds ring and calendar day aperture surmounted by a lunar dial, the spandrels embellished with gilt reserves centering painted roses, inscribed "S. Tabor" flanked by fluted colonettes with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases above a waisted case with rectangular cupboard door inlaid with ebonized and satinwood quarter fans with stringing edged with molding flanked by fluted quarter columns with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases over a box base with matching quarter fans and stringing above base molding, on ogee bracket feet (fretwork restored, minor breaks to feet)--96 1/4in. high, 19 7/8in. 1/4in. deep

Lot Essay

Stephen Tabor (1777-1862) worked in New Bedford for approximately four years, between 1798-1802. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, Elnathan (1768-1854), Stephen Tabor was an apprentice to Aaron Willard in Boston, Massachusetts. For a closely related tall-case clock and a discussion of Stephen Tabor, see Elton W. Hall, "New Bedford Furniture," Antiques (May, 1978), pp. 1105-1127, fig. 4.