A Federal Mahogany Shelf Clock Height 26 1/4 x width 17 1/2 x depth 4 1/2 inches.
HERMAN CLARK, PLYMOUTH, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1820
having a molded projecting cornice above the glazed door opening to a painted dial with Arabic numeral hours signed A. Clark/ Plymouth/ Con., the dial flanked by painted shell and gilt foliate scroll spandrels and further set with a seconds dial, the lower case inset with a reverse painted glass panel depicting a home in a pastoral landscape within a stenciled shell and foliate border, all flanked by columnar pilasters, raised on a plinth base.
Height 26 1/4 x width 17 1/2 x depth 4 1/2 inches.
Property from a Private Collection, Elm Grove, Wisconsin
Provenance:
Sold Skinner Auctioneers, Marlborough, Massachusetts, November 20, 2010, Lot 538