David Wood (1766-1824, working 1792-1824), Newburyport, Massachusetts, time only brass movement, molded arched pediment with leaf scrolled gilded pewter fretwork, brass finials, white painted dial with polychrome floral and scroll elements, signed "D. WOOD / NEWBURYPORT", case door with molded edge, brass handles to sides, ogee bracket feet, white pine backboard, weight and pendulum included, with later inlaid mahogany wall bracket, clock only 33-3/4 x 12-5/8 x 6-1/8 in., bracket 8 x 15-1/2 x 7-1/4 in.
Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, NY, Jan 16, 1999, "Important Americana", lot 775; Levison & Cullen Gallery, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia January 26, 1999 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $96,000); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Literature: Deanne Levison, "Living with Antiques: A Collection on the Chesapeake Bay", The Magazine Antiques (December 2001), p. 809, pl. IX.
Note: Institutions with similar shelf clocks by David Wood include Chipstone, the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery, the US Department of State and Winterthur Museum, Library and Garden.
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Sotheby's, New York, NY, Jan 16, 1999, "Important Americana", lot 775; Levison & Cullen Gallery, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia January 26, 1999 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $96,000); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
has not been tested, bell hammer with soldered repair, later brasses and hinges, some retouch to gilt, bonnet door loose with securing pin missing, dial with tight crazing and scattered spots of retouch, case door with vertical shrinkage crack, proper right front foot with repair to break, otherwise typical minor cosmetic repairs and surface wear, with movement repair notes from Greg Podgorski and Tabor's Clock Repair (see photos); later bracket with repair to break at hanging finial, some inlay repairs
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