Description:
Paint-decorated Tall Case Clock, probably decorated by George or Lt. Asa Willmarth (1792-1878),Addison, Vermont, dated 1818, the hood with swan's neck cresting centering a spreadwing eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, above the tombstone glazed door and white-painted wood dial, on a waist with similarly painted eagle flanked by the initials "G.W.," the waist door dated 1818, allover ochre paint with repeating geometric and foliate motifs in red and brown, ht. 92 1/2 in.
Provenance: According to papers relating to the Willmarth family and the clock, the clock was purchased from the 1990 estate sale of Etta Willmarth. It is supposed that the clock had been in Etta's attic for 100 years before the sale took place.
Estimate $15,000-25,000
old wooden movement replaced by a modern weight-driven one with new weights, hands, etc. (dial undamaged),but old movement has been retained and could be put back in; under blacklight, the paint appears 90-95% original, with some scattered spots and small areas, mostly to the yellow pigment, and very little to the decorative elements.
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Asa Willmarth, AddisonStephen L. Fletcher
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