Jacob D. Custer, Mahogany Shelf Clock

Description:

Jacob D. Custer, Mahogany Shelf Clock, Norristown, Pennsylvania, c. 1830, the scroll-top case with freestanding columns flanking the 12 3/4-in. painted iron Arabic numeral dial signed J. D. Custer/Norristown/Patent with grain painted border around the perimeter and flowers in the spandrels and arch, lower mahogany veneered panel and four turned feet, eight-day time and strike movement with "pin" countwheel strike on great wheel with double-ended hammer, anchor escapement, pendulum, and two lead weights, ht. 38 1/2 in.

Provenance: The Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois (Inventory #980),Sotheby's Masterpieces from the Time Museum, October 14-15, 2004, Lot 1105; George Goolsby; Terry and Karen Brotherton.

Literature: This clock is illustrated and discussed in Edward F. LaFond, Jr. and J. Carter Harris, Pennsylvania Shelf and Bracket Clocks, 1750-1850, p. 48.
Estimate $15,000-25,000

Weights are replacements, repairs to reverse of scrolls, lacking pendulum, original hands, dial undisturbed including signature


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