Federal Birch Tall Case Clock

Description:

Federal Birch Tall Case Clock, Joseph Chadwick Boscawen, New Hampshire, c. 1820, the hood with pierced fretwork joining the rectangular plinths topped by brass finials above the tombstone door enclosing the painted iron dial with a bird in the arch and gilt spandrels with calendar aperture and seconds hand, inscribed "Joseph Chadwick Boscawen," and eight-day brass weight-driven movement all flanked by free standing columns, the waist with molded rectangular door centering an inlaid oval flanked by reeded quarter- columns on base centering an inlaid oval on cutout feet, old refinish, (restoration),ht. 87 in.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

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