Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1750-1760.

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Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1750-1760.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668312855

Mahogany tall-case clock. The hood has a molded sarcophagus top with two turned ball finials, a molded arch above the door, turned three-quarter columns at the front corners, and a glazed door with an astragal top. Waist with cove molding at the top, and a case door with an astragal top. Base with cove and ovolo molding at the top and ogee molding at the bottom. 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 applied name boss engraved "John Wood Philada" in the lunette. Inside the chapter ring there is a seconds dial and a calendar aperture. Engraved fleur-de-lis between the hour gradations. Eight day movement.

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Wood, John Sr., d. 1761,

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John Wood Sr. was a clock maker working in Philadelphia, Penn. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1745-1760. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668312869 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1750-1760. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668312855 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1749. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668312899 From the description of Tall case brass dial c...

Wood, John Jr., 1736-1793,

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John Wood Jr. was a clock maker working in Philadelphia, Penn. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1760-1790. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668312983 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1765-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668313090 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1760-1790. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668312994 From the description of Tall case brass d...