Name/Title
Clock, Tall CaseEntry/Object ID
GHS 2425Description
Tall case clock, bonnet top, center urn finial, scrolled pediment with rosettes, arched tombstone glass door, corner columns. Cream color enamel on iron, handpainted, strawberry motif. Hemispheres and moon phases. Panel door, side fluted partial columns, ogee bracket feet. Weights and pendulum inside.
Marks: "Thos: Linday / Frankford"
Label, inside handwritten: Cleaned Adolph Yuncle / Decbr 3 88"Made/Created
Date made
1785 - 1800Place
* Untyped Place
Frankford, PhiladelphiaDimensions
Height
97-1/2 inWidth
20-1/2 inDepth
10-1/2 inMaterial
Mahogany, Brass, IronRelationships
Related Publications
Publication
Germantown Crier 5(2):20, 15(2):44
Curator Research File- Clocks and Watches
Eckhard, George. Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers, 1955
Gibb, James W. Pennsylvania Clocks and Watches, PSU Press
Horner, William M. Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture 1682-1807, 1935, 1977
PAM BOX Industries Box 1Provenance
Notes
GHS 2425 Antique tall case clock Thomas Lindsay - Frankford. Arched top. Painted dial. circa 1790. Object donated by the Estate of Aaron E. Carpenter, July 8, 1969.
