THE SUYDAM FAMILY FEDERAL BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
THE SUYDAM FAMILY FEDERAL BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
THE SUYDAM FAMILY FEDERAL BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
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THE SUYDAM FAMILY FEDERAL BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK

DIAL POSSIBLY SIGNED BY A MEMBER OF THE WILLARD FAMILY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1805

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THE SUYDAM FAMILY FEDERAL BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
DIAL POSSIBLY SIGNED BY A MEMBER OF THE WILLARD FAMILY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1805
dial with traces of inscription reading BOSTON and [illeg.] Willard above; inside of door with hand-inscribed label dated 1883 detailing history in the Suydam and Bennett families; interior of back board with hand-inscribed label dated 1911 detailing gift of clock to Gertrude V. Fowler; fretwork largely replaced
92 1⁄2 in. high, 19 3⁄4 in. wide, 10 in. deep
Provenance
The Suydam and Bennett families
Ellen Elizabeth (Schoonmaker) Fowler (1826-1911), Brooklyn, Wyoming and Peekskill, New York, by descent
William C. Fowler (1823-1913), husband
Gertrude V. Fowler (1853-1924), daughter, by gift from above in 1911
Israel Sack, Inc., New York
Literature
Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1957-1990), vol. 2, p. 423, pl. 1064.
The Israel Sack Archive at The Yale University Art Gallery, acc. no. 2527.
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