Tall clock
Name/Title
Tall clockEntry/Object ID
F 76.1Description
The inlaid and veneered mahogany tall case clock has a removable bonnet with a high arched pediment having a shallow arched roof in the center. Three plinths support removable brass finials. A six-pointed star is inlaid in light and dark wood above an inlaid eagle with out swept wings, some details of which are painted on. The arch headed door of the bonnet has an inlaid keystone. Freestanding fluted columns mark the front corners, and engaged columns mark the rear corners. The narrow waist has engaged and fluted quarter columns in the front corners. The rectangular door has a scalloped top, figured mahogany veneer panel bordered by stringing, and inlaid quarter fans in the bottom corners. The nearly square base panel is also veneered with stringing and fans in all four corners. The white-painted iron dial has floral sprays in each corner and a cottage scene painted into the arch above the chapter ring. A figure on a swing in this scene rocks back and forth with the pendulum movement. Inlaid mahogany tall-case clock: the case with a shaped cornice fitted with three ball finials enclosing an inlaid eagle and keystone, mock flutes at the sides, the arched dial fitted with figural automaton in the form of a girl on a swing, minute and date registers and maker's name below within capitals at the sides, the trunk inlaid with round fluted stiles, fan spandrels at the lower, the base also with fan spandrels.Category
Furniture