BENJAMIN TORREY SHELF CLOCK (MA c. 1820)
Anonymous (not verified)
23 October 2024
Mahogany case in old finish with original brass paw feet. Old reverse painted tablets, and original painted dish dial. Signed on dial: warranted for Joshua Whitmarsh, Private-Captain Samuel Ward¹s Co., served in Revolutionary War, 1776. (Paper with provenance included.) Rare eight-day, time-and-strike, weight-driven, brass movement. A very nice example. (A nearly identical example was advertised by G.W. Samaha, in Jan. 1 977 issue of Magazine Antiques, on p. 118.) Provenance: Christies, NY, 1 993. Height: 36 inches, Width: 13 inches Provenance: ex Collection of Peter Zaharis, Ithaca, NY
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BENJAMIN TORREY SHELF CLOCK (MA c. 1820) Mahogany case in old finish with original brass paw feet. Old reverse painted tablets, and original painted dish dial. Signed on dial: warranted for Joshua Whitmarsh, Private-Captain Samuel Ward¹s Co., served in Revolutionary War, 1776. (Paper with provenance included.) Rare eight-day, time-and-strike, weight-driven, brass movement. A very nice example. (A nearly identical example was advertised by G.W. Samaha, in Jan. 1 977 issue of Magazine Antiques, on p. 118.) Provenance: Christies, NY, 1 993. Height: 36 inches, Width: 13 inches Provenance: ex Collection of Peter Zaharis, Ithaca, NY
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