$11,750
Fancy Painted Pine Tall Case Clock, Silas Hoadley, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, the hood with molded cornice with three turned finials above a tombstone opening with a polychrome gilt dial showing an American eagle in the arch with gilt spandrels and the maker's name "S. HOADLEY PLYMOUTH," with seconds and calendar indicators and thirty-hour wooden weight-driven movement, above the rectangular waist door on cutout base, burnt sienna and mustard vinegar putty-painted decoration, (minor imperfections), ht. 90 in.

Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-06