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Reuben Ingraham Tall Clock, Plainfield, Connecticut, No. 90, c. 1780,
11 1/2-in. sheet brass engraved silvered dial plate signed in the arch
Reuben Ingraham, Plainfield No. 90 surmounted by engraved portraits
of a man and woman, Roman numerals with Arabic minutes, stylized
floral spandrels, seconds bit and recessed date dial, eight-day time and
rack strike movement with wooden pendulum rod, brass-faced bob and
powered by two period iron weights, walnut case with solid fret top,
freestanding columns, waist door and recessed panel in the base, ht.
85 in.
Note: Reuben Ingraham (1745-1811) was apprenticed to clockmaker
and silversmith John Avery (1732-1794) of Preston, Connecticut. See
Heckscher and Bowman, American Rococo, 1750-1775, p. 69 for a
magnificent engraved and silvered Reuben Ingraham dial signed by the
engraver, John Avery.
$4,000-6,000
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389.
Pennsylvania Cherry Cased Tall Clock, c. 1830, scroll-top case with
striped maple freestanding columns flanking the arched and glazed
hood door, rectangular waist door with line inlay and banded outline,
circular line inlay in the base all on French feet, painted wooden dial
with Roman numerals and floral sprays in the spandrels, thirty-hour
chain drive weight-powered “Black Forest” movement with two weights
and pendulum, ht. 100 1/4 in.
$200-300
390.
New England Cherry Tall Clock, probably New Hampshire, c. 1800,
unsigned painted iron dial with Roman numerals, river view with bridge
in the arch, raised gilt decorated spandrels, arched and glazed hood
door flanked by freestanding fluted columns, inlaid rectangular waist
door, inlaid base on French feet, eight-day skeletonized plate movement
with countwheel strike on the great wheel, recoil escapement, wooden
pendulum rod, brass bob, and two lead weights, ht. 88 1/2 in.
$5,000-7,000