Sold for:
$37,920
$37,920
Federal Mahogany Tall Clock, William Cummens, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1800, with line inlay on waist door and banded inlay on base, brass-stopped fluting, ogee feet, 12 in. painted iron dial signed Warranted by W. Cummens with rocking ship in the arch and eight day time and strike movement, (imperfections), ht. 91 in. Provenance: According to family history inside the waist door, the clock was owned by Captain Nathaniel Gladding, Warren, Rhode Island. lacking fret, three brass finials, pendulum and weights, paint losses on dial and ship is a probable old repaint, original feet with accumulated floor wax on surfaces, original dial signature
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-02-17
