Sale 2414
New York
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21 January 2011
Price realised
USD 6,250
Estimate
A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK THE DIAL SIGNED BY JOAKIM HILL (1783-1896), FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY; THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW EGERTON JR. (CIRCA 1769-1836), NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, 1800-1820 the white-painted dial signed Joachim Hill Flemington 95½ in. high x 18½ in. wide, 9¼ in. deep
Provenance
John S. Walton, Inc., New York Virginia van Houten Perkins The New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey, 1966, by bequest
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Exhibited
Newark, New Jersey, the New Jersey Historical Society, Thus United Free: New Jersey in the Age of the Constitution, 1987.
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