Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1715-1725.

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Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1715-1725.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463297232

Queen Anne walnut tall-case clock having stepped sarcophagus top with blind fretwork at frieze and three turned ball and spire finials on block plinths. Glazed tombstone door flanked by turned colonettes. Composite tombstone dial with engraved boss in lunette, cast dolphin and mask spandrels, applied chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and fleur-de-lys, applied seconds ring, square calendar aperature, and time/strike mechanism.

H: 96.5"

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Stretch, Peter, 1670-1746

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Peter Stretch was a clock maker working in Philadelphia, Penn. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, 1735-1746. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258757 Peter Stretch, born and trained in Staffordshire County, England, emigrated to Philadelphia in 1702. His shop probably also sold scientific instruments, hardware, and imported watches. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1715-1725. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record...