Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1750.

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Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1750.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668308129

Walnut tall-case clock. The hood has molded pagoda top with, three turned and gilt ball-and-spire finials, a molded arch above the door, free-standing fluted columns at the front corners, and a glazed door with an astragal top. Waist with cove and ogee moldings at the top, chamfered front corners and a case door with an astragal top. Stepped base with cove and ogee moldings at the top, ogee molding at the bottom, and supported on spurred bracket feet. Composite brass dial with applied chapter ring with roman hour numerals and arabic minute numerals, applied cast ornament in the spandrels and lunette, and an engraved moon phase dial in the lunette. Inside the chapter ring there is an applied seconds dial, and a calendar aperture. The chapter ring is inscribed "Aaron Miller" at the bottom. Eight day movement.

H: 99.5"

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Brokaw, Isaac, 1746-1826.

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Isaac Brokaw was a clock maker in Bridgetown and Elizabethtown, NJ. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, 1787. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668308109 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1790-1810. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668308082 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1800. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668308093 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock...

Miller, Cornelius, 18th century.

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Cornelius Miller was a clock maker in Elizabethtown, NJ. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1760. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 463298359 ...

Miller, Aaron, d. 1777.

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