Lot Essay
For a closely related tall-case clock by Isaac Schoonmaker see Drost, Clocks and Watches of new Jersey (New Jersey, 1966), pp.215-217
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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
DIAL SIGNED ISAAC SCHOONMAKER, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, 1800-1810
With molded swan's-neck pediment terminating in brass rosettes centering a brass ball finial on a line-inlaid plinth above an arched molded cornice with a line-inlaid keystone over an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted arched dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds hand and a calendar day aperature flanked by floral spandrels beneath a painted bird and flowers; the dialface inscribed "Isaac Schoonmaker Paterson" and flanked by colonettes with brass capitals and bases; the line-inlaid waisted case with an arched line-inlaid door centering an inlaid flowering urn flanked by reeded pilasters above an inlaid shell over a box base centering a circular foliate medallion with a shaped skirt, on ogee bracket feet--92¾in. high, 17½in. wide, 10½in. deep
DIAL SIGNED ISAAC SCHOONMAKER, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, 1800-1810
With molded swan's-neck pediment terminating in brass rosettes centering a brass ball finial on a line-inlaid plinth above an arched molded cornice with a line-inlaid keystone over an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted arched dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds hand and a calendar day aperature flanked by floral spandrels beneath a painted bird and flowers; the dialface inscribed "Isaac Schoonmaker Paterson" and flanked by colonettes with brass capitals and bases; the line-inlaid waisted case with an arched line-inlaid door centering an inlaid flowering urn flanked by reeded pilasters above an inlaid shell over a box base centering a circular foliate medallion with a shaped skirt, on ogee bracket feet--92¾in. high, 17½in. wide, 10½in. deep