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An important Chippendale mahogany tall case clock, By Gawen Brown, Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1760.
An important Chippendale mahogany tall case clock, By Gawen Brown, Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1760.
This very rare walnut tall case clock retains a wonderful historic surface with rich a brown color. The molded hood has an original raised sarcophagus top, mounted with a central plinth and a wonderfully engraved composite brass dial with pierced Rococo corner spandrels and moon phase disk. The moon disk has engraved moon faces opposite fields of gold painted stars on a blue background. The moon...
A rare and important Queen Anne turret top games table, Boston circa 1750.
A rare and important Queen Anne turret top games table, Boston circa 1750.
This early games table has rounded out-set corners referred to as turrets, a form refined during the Baroque period and popularized in Boston games tables and tea tables of the mid 18th Century. The dramatic diminutive form is complimented by the exceptional wood selections as found in the folding games top. The conforming top opens to a playing surface that is carved a each corner with scoops for...
A wonderfully inlaid Hepplewhite tall case clock with vibrant bird's-eye maple details, Frederick Wingate, Augusta, Maine, circa 1810
A wonderfully inlaid Hepplewhite tall case clock with vibrant bird's-eye maple details, Frederick Wingate, Augusta, Maine, circa 1810 SOLD
The exuberant usage of bird's-eye maple in this nicely proportioned case make this an exceptional regional example. The case has solid bird's-eye fret and chimneys as well as colonnettes on the hood and quarter columns on the waist. The dial door and pendulum door have veneers of bird's-eye maple. The dial has a wonderfully painted lunette with a detailed lakeside landscape with a stone cottage an...
A very rare Chippendale cherry tall case clock from the partnership of Whiting & Marquand, Fairfield, Connecticut, dating to 1787.
A very rare Chippendale cherry tall case clock from the partnership of Whiting & Marquand, Fairfield, Connecticut, dating to 1787.
This attractive clock was produced during the very brief partnership of Gamaliel Bradford Whiting and Isaac Marquand. Two other clocks from this partnership are known, one is in the Garvan collection at Yale University, this clock makes a third documented example. The cherry case has a pleasing color and a regional splat form fret. The silvered two-part sheet brass dial is beautifully engraved wit...
A Handsome Federal Mahogany and Inlaid Desk and Bookcase, attributed to Mark Pitman, Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1810.
A Handsome Federal Mahogany and Inlaid Desk and Bookcase, attributed to Mark Pitman, Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1810.
This handsome desk, with a raised gallery and cross-hatched glazed cabinet, is a form associated with examples produced in Federal Salem, Massachusetts. In fact, a related example of the same dimensions and nearly identical layout bears the label of Salem cabinetmaker, Mark Pitman (born 1779).The desk is mounted with a gallery form crest comprised of two outer plinths framing an arched mahogany s...
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