CLOCK, TALL CASE

Category
FURNITURE
Object Name
CLOCK, TALL CASE
Maker/Artist
Shearer, John\clock case maker –Thomas, Seth\clock works maker –Hoadley, Silas\clock works maker
MESDA Craftsman ID Number
43963 –61886 –62078
Place Made
Martinsburg, West Virginia (case); Connecticut (works). According to Elizabeth Davison, the case was probably made in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Date
1814
Materials
walnut __primary ||cherry __primary ||oak __primary ||yellow pine __secondary ||poplar __secondary
Dimensions
[Overall Ht]100-1/2″ __[Overall Wdth]22-1/2″ __[Overall Depth]11-1/2″
Description
Broken arch pitched pediment with a central finial. Astragal-shaped face door and window flanked by turned columns on either side of the hood. Clock face has painted flowers and a central basket of flowers. Four-movement clock (seconds/minutes/hours/days) with wooden works.
Object Location
Private collection
Photo Number
D-31131
File Location
VV-6-26A/VV-35-34
History
Purchased from Sumpter Priddy III in 1997, who found it in a Florida estate.
Alterations-Condition
modern finish __ __ebonizing touched up __base, base molding, feet, finial, glass on hood door, and key to lock on waist door __bell and striker from wooden works are missing
Sign/Marks
clock face __”THOMAS & HOADLEY” ||arched section of hood door __”Shearer 1814″ ||front of waist above door __”For Isaac Steere”
Examined
Gary Albert __No __No __08/05/2009