Sold for:
$4,700
$4,700
Federal Cherry-cased Tall Clock, James Perrigo, Wrentham, Massachusetts, c. 1815, and dial painting attributed to John Ritto Penniman, Boston, with 12-inch painted iron dial marked "J. Perrigo" on the front surface and the dial painter's mark JP on the reverse, eight-day weight-driven time and strike movement with "Boston" coiled spring hammer return, tin-cased weights and second's beat pendulum, (restored), ht. 95 1/2 in. Literature: See Paul J. Foley, Willard's Patent Timepieces , pp. 296-297 for information on Perrigo and Penniman.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-06-03
