Federal Mahogany Tall Clock

Description:

Federal Mahogany Tall Clock, Joshua Wilder, Hingham, Massachusetts, c. 1810, with fret top case, reeded finial plinths and brass finials, fluted brass-stopped free-standing columns, arched and glazed hood door, rectangular inlaid waist door and fluted brass-stopped quarter-columns, the base with banded and segmented inlays enclosing a fielded veneer panel, all on French feet, 12-in. painted iron dial attributed to Spencer Nolen with Roman numerals, raised gilded gesso dots around the chapter ring and signed Joshua Wilder, Hingham, eight-day time and strike skeletonized movement with two tin-cased weights and pendulum, ht. 91 in.

For additional information on Joshua Wilder see Jobe, Sullivan and O'Brien, Harbor and Home, Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850, University Press of New England (2009),pp. 268-273.
Estimate $20,000-30,000

No significant repairs or restoration; object left fret is a replacement with original blocking remaining; slight crack in hood door glass in lower right area; small rear and internal glue blocks on object left foot gone; minor veneer lifting on base.

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