A FEDERAL MAHOGANY DOUBLE-CASE SHELF CLOCK

Property of A NEW YORK COLLECTOR

Details

A FEDERAL MAHOGANY DOUBLE-CASE SHELF CLOCK
MASSACHUSETTS, 1780-1800

The upper section with a kidney-shaped arched hood surmounted by a brass finial, the conforming glass door opening to a white enameled dial with Roman and Arabic Chapter rings and decorated with enameled green, red, and yellow foliage, on sham ogee bracket feet above a concave mid-molding over a rectangular case above a molded base, on ogee bracket feet (works replaced, minor in-painting to dial)--28in. high, 12 3/4in. wide, 6 3/4in. deep

Provenance

Joe Kindig, Jr. and Son, York, Pennsylvania
Bruce and Jean Beaudette Collection
Sotheby's, New York, January 30 - February 2, 1991, Lot 1430.

Lot Essay

For a related clock by Aaron Willard, see Robert Bishop, The American Clock, (New York, 1976), fig. 189; Simon Willard also made clocks in this form, see Israel Sack, Fine Points of American Furniture, (New York, 1950), fig. 130. A similar clock signed by Aaron Willard from the collection of Lansdell K. Christie was sold at Sotheby's, New York, October 1972, Lot 77.