Grain-painted Pine Tall Clock

Description:

Grain-painted Pine Tall Clock, Riley Whiting, Winchester, Connecticut, c. 1820, hood with scrolled crest and three brass finials on plinths, above the tombstone-shaped glazed door and white-painted wooden dial lettered with the maker's name, and 30-hour wooden works movement, case painted to simulate mahogany and bird's-eye maple veneer, ht. with finial 88 1/2 in.
Provenance: The Collection of Robert Cooney.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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