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Outstanding Chippendale Cherry Tall Case Clock |
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| Catalog#: |
Item 4241 |
| Category: |
Clocks |
| SubType: |
Clocks |
| Origin: |
America-USA |
| Era: |
19th Century |
| Height: |
7 feet 11 inches inches |
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Jacob Diehl, Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1800
Fine Chippendale Cherry and Birch Tall Case Clock inscribed 'Jacob Diehl, Reading' having a broken arch top with dentil-work scrolls, carved rosettes, original turned finials; a flower, leaf and vine carved scroll-board with a punch-work field, enameled dial with moon phase, date counter and eight day brass movement, blind fret above a shaped waist door flanked by fluted quarter columns, a paneled base below also flanked by fluted quarter columns and original ogee bracket feet.
In a fine state of preservation retaining a nice mellow patina and being all original except for the rosettes, fret around collar, and 1-2/3 foot facings.
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1800.
Height 7'11'.
Literature: This clock is pictured in 'Pennsylvania Clockmakers, Watchmakers, and Allied Crafts' by James B. Whisker, pages 172 and 173, figures 35 and 36, and 'Berks County Tall Case Clocks, 1750-1850', pages 41, 84 and 85, an exhibition by the Historical Society of Berks County, September 16, 1995 thru March 16, 1996
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