Joseph Nye Dunning Wall Clock

Description:

Joseph Nye Dunning Wall Clock, Burlington, Vermont, c. 1820, mahogany case with wooden bezel over the 7 3/4-in. painted Roman numeral dial inscribed J. N. Dunning, concentric circle hands, carved side ornaments just below the head, flat waist section rising to the bottom ogival box door and veneered pedestal below, eight-day, time-only movement with lead weight and pendulum, ht. 45 in.

Provenance: Former NAWCC President, Donald Packard; Peter Sawyer Antiques; Terry and Karen Brotherton.

Literature: Donald Packard, "Concord Clocks," NAWCC Bulletin Supplement #5; NAWCC Bulletin #67, February 1957, p. 445; NAWCC Bulletin #77, Vol. VIII, December 1958, p. 339; Horological Rarities of Space City '99, p. 19 and inside back cover.
Estimate $15,000-25,000

Photographed with a replacement eagle, a period eagle accompanies the lot, dial cleaned and relined, old case surface, original hands.


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