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Premier Auction - Session II - September 16, 2023

Sat, Sep 16, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 943

Fine Caleb Davis Virginia Federal Inlaid Walnut Tall Case Clock

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Woodstock, Virginia, circa 1800, painted dial signed "Caleb Davis", swan's neck pediment with floral inlay, urn finials, moon phase painted with farm and ship at sea scene and old inscriptions on reverse, calendar aperture, floral corners, brass movement, case with bellflower inlay, shaped door, base with inlaid canted corners and oval panel, ogee bracket feet, includes winder, two weights and pendulum, 104 x 20 x 11-1/4 in.

Provenance: Cletus Helsey, Columbia Furnace, Virginia; Norman B. Good, Harrisburg, Virginia; Supinger Antique Shop, Bridgewater, Virginia; Mrs. Mary B. Whitten, Floral Motel Antique Shop, Harrisburg, Virginia; Sotheby's, The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 26-27, 1995, lot 318; Private Tennessee Collection

Condition

in a fine state of preservation overall, dial with craquelure, small paint losses and some possible old paint retouches, small glass panels along bonnet returns with cracks and a small loss, case in generally good condition with small molding losses to base panel, replaced feet, pendulum missing back plate, other general wear as expected with age and use

Cletus Helsey, Columbia Furnace, Virginia; Norman B. Good, Harrisburg, Virginia; Supinger Antique Shop, Bridgewater, Virginia; Mrs. Mary B. Whitten, Floral Motel Antique Shop, Harrisburg, Virginia; Sotheby's, The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 26-27, 1995, lot 318; Private Tennessee Collection