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William Cummens Mahogany Tall Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c.
1795, painted iron dial with Roman numerals and signed W. Cummens,
floral sprays in the spandrels and moon’s age in the arch, rectangular
waist door with line and fan inlays flanked by brass stop-fluted quartercolumns,
the lower section with fan inlays and two-stage base molding,
eight-day brass time and strike movement powered by two brass-cased
weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 96 in.
$12,000-18,000
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Joseph Loring Cherry Shelf Clock, Boston, c. 1800, with painted
kidney-shaped Roman numeral dial signed Joseph Loring, Boston,
inlaid case with fret top and French feet, eight-day time-only movement
with iron weight and pendulum, ht. 38 in.
Note: An eight-day tall clock by Joseph Loring is in the J. Cheney
Wells Collection at Old Sturbridge Village, and his daybook is in the
collections at the American Antiquarian Society.
$2,000-4,000
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Seth Thomas Off-center Pillar and Scroll Clock, Plymouth,
Connecticut, c. 1818, painted wooden with Arabic numerals, inside
minute track and gilt decoration, scroll-top case with three brass finials,
reverse-painted lower tablet depicting a rural scene and off-center
pendulum aperture, printed maker’s label stating in part, Patent Clocks
Made and Sold by Seth Thomas, Plymouth, Conn., thirty-hour strap
wooden movement with center mounted countwheel all powered by
two compound-hung weights and pendulum, ht. 30 in.
$1,000-1,500
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