Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1790-1810.

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Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1790-1810.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668323034

Mahogany tall-case clock. The hood has a broken-scroll pediment, three wooden ball-and-spire finials, a molded arch above the door, two colonettes at the front corners, and a glazed door with an astragal top. Waist with cove molding at the top and thumb-molded case door with astragal top. Base with molding at the top and bottom, supported on straight bracket feet. Composite brass dial with applied chapter ring, roman hour numerals and arabic minute numerals, applied cast ornament in the spandrels and lunette, and applied silent/strike selector in the lunette. Inside the chapter ring there are a seconds dial, an applied name plate inscribed "Joseph Pope / Boston," and a calendar aperture. Eight day movement.

H: 94.5" W: 17.5" D: 8.5"

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Pope, Joseph, 1778-1852

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Joseph Pope advertised in 1790 as a clockmaker and watchmaker in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1790-1810. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668323034 ...