A CHIPPENDALE CARVED CHERRYWOOD TALL-CASE CLOCK

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED CHERRYWOOD TALL-CASE CLOCK
DIAL SIGNED ISAAC BROKAW, (ACTIVE 1770-1810); CASE ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW EGERTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, (ACTIVE 1785-1837), CIRCA 1790-1810

The hood with molded swan's-neck pediment terminating and scrolled rosettes centering three urned and spiral finials above a blind fret tympanum over an arched glazed door opening to a brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing a sweep second ring and calendar day aperture, surmounted by cast dolphin spandrels centering an engraved disc inscribed "Isaac Brokaw," flanked by turned colonettes above a waisted case with shaped rectangular thumbmolded covered door, flanked by fluted chamfered quarter columns above blocked space centering thumbmolded raised panel on thumbmolded edge and bracket feet--31 1/4in. (79cm.) high (hood), 66 3/4in. (170cm.) high, 20 1/2in. (52cm.) wide, 10 3/4in. (27.5cm.) deep

Provenance

David Stockwell, 1958

Lot Essay

A small number of tall-case clocks by Isaac Brokaw (active 1770-1810), with cases attributed to Matthew Egerton, Jr. (active 1785-1837), survive today. A nearly identical example with a punch-line tympanum, but brass ball finials, is illustrated and discussed in Opportunities in American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, vol. III, 1970, p. 643, p. 1437. For another closely related labeled Egerton clock case, see Sack, vol. IX, 1989, p. 2423, p. 6010. Other examples of labeled Egerton cases are illustrated in
W.M. Hornor, Jr., "Three Generations of Cabinetmakers, Matthew Egerton, Jr. and His Sons," Antiques, vol. XIV, no. 5 (November, 1928): pp. 417-421; Sack, vol. V, 1974, p. 1363, pl. 4326; vol. IX, p. 59, pl. 6113; p. 2503, pl. 6113. For attributed Matthew Egerton, Jr. clocks, see a tall-case clock at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. 30.120.62; see also, Antiques, vol. 62, no. 3 (September, 1959), p. 176; vol. 112, no. 4 (October, 1977), p. 635.