拍品 128
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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK

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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
BY WILLIAM CUMMENS, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1802-1810

The hood with pierced fretwork and three plinths surmounted by three brass ball-and-spire finials above an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds hand and the calendar day aperture surmounted by a lunar dial with the moon and sailing vessels, the spandrels decorated with gilt reserves centering pears and carnations, inscribed "William Cummens" flanked by fluted columns with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases over a waisted case with arched and molded cupboard door centered by fluted quarter columns with brass capitals and stop-fluted bases above a square box base over a molded base, on ogee bracket feet, contains original works, sand weights and pendulum--90in. high, 20in. wide, 10in. deep

拍品专文

William Cummens (1788-1834) was apprenticed to Simon Willard in Roxbury, Massachusetts. By 1793, he finished his tenure and opened a shop at the corners of Winslow and Taber Streets. Cummens remained in Roxbury until his death, where he continued to produce clocks in the tradition of his mentor and teacher. See Zea and Cheney, Clockmaking in New England, 1725-1825 (Old Sturbridge Village, 1992), pp. 61-65.