Clock, ca. 1770.

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Clock, ca. 1770.

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Tall-case clock. The hood has a molded broken-scroll pediment terminating in carved rosettes with three turned and carved ball-and-flame finials, applied carved ornament in the tympanum, a molded arch above the door, sidelights, free-standing fluted columns at the four corners and a glazed door with an astragal top. Waist with ogee molding at the top, carved blind fretwork above the door, fluted quarter columns at the front corners, and a case door with a shaped top. Base with ogee and ovolo moldings at the top, fluted quarter columns at the front corners, an applied base panel with porringer corners, ogee molding at the bottom and supported on spurred ogee bracket feet. Engraved dial with roman hour numerals and arabic minute numerals, engraved vines and c-scrolls in the spandrels and lunette, and a painted moon face with moving eyes in the lunette. Inside the chapter ring there is a calendar aperture, engraved vines and leaves and the inscription "Burrows Dowdney Philadelphia." Eight day movement.

Mahogany.

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Affleck, Thomas (American cabinetmaker, 1740-1795)

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Apprenticed as a cabinetmaker in Edinburgh and London, Thomas Affleck emigrated to Philadelphia in 1763. His clients included wealthy Philadelphians, some of them fellow Quakers. He also was politically active during the Revolutionary era. For more biographical information, see Philadelphia: Three Centuries of Art (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), pp. 98-99. From the description of Chest, ca. 1763-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378980 From the descripti...

Dowdney, Burrows, ca. 1768-1771.

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Burrows Dowdney was a clock maker working in Philadelphia during the 1760s and 1770s. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 463297237 ...