Premier Auction | Session III
Sat, May 18, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1511
Fine Pennsylvania Chippendale Tall Case Clock
Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
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 |
brass dial signed "Thomas Wagstaffe/London" (w. 1760-1790), moon dial, calendar aperture, brass eight day time and strike, highly figured walnut, waisted case, flanked by quarter inlay columns, period pendulum, weights, winder present, 87-3/4 in.
Note:
Lot is accompanied by a facsimile of the invoice from Christie's, dated January 1987, for $19,800.
As noted in Christie's catalog:
"Many Philadelphia tall case clocks with works ordered from Thomas Wagstaffe survive. Wagstaffe was a Quaker clockmaker who worked in London from 1756-1793 and made brass clock works for Quaker cabinetmakers in both Philadelphia and Newport. In the 18th century, Quakers in London and American Colonial cities commonly traded goods in a vast network of direct commercial ties. Wagstaffe probably filled custom orders from Philadelphia clock case makers for these ornamental brass works.
Two Philadelphia Chippendale clocks (one is labelled by William Connell) with works by Thomas Wagstaffe are in the Winterthur Museum, illustrated in Joseph Downs, American Furniture Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (New York: Bonanza Books, 1952), figs. 206 and 207."
, Provenance: Christie's, New York, January 1987, sale 6320, lot 245; Property from an Important South Carolina EstateCondition
flaking and loss to painted moon dial, brass dial with traces of silvering, probably original finials, bottom board replaced, breaks and distress to base molding, original feet largely intact
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