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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Place of Origin: American
American Walnut Tall Case Clock by Solomon Gorgas
Located in Essex, MA
By Solomon Gorgas. Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania. Works just cleaned and in good working order. With arched bonnet with pinwheel inlay in the scrolls. Glazed door opening to enameled wo...
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Materials
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The hood lifts in a sharp broken-arch pediment with large blocks behind each arch, these flanking a single ball turned plinth raising an urn finial. Similar finials probably flanked either corner as well, though these have been lost over time. The tombstone glazed door of through-tenon mortise joinery opens on hand forged iron hardware to reveal the kiln-fired dial with floral spandrels and a painted dove in the dome of the top. Intricately pierced and substantial hands point to the Roman numeral hour and Arabic numeral minute rings while the seconds tick off on the central ring. The calendar dial is likewise in Arabic numerals over the inscription of "J. Davis New Holland".
The shaft transitions from the hood in bold concave two-part molding, embellished around the neck with intricate pierced and etched fretwork framed in bead molding. A pair of fluted corinthian columns flank the scalloped-arch waist-door, this opening on it's original hinges to reveal the pair of weights and swinging pendulum - an old newspaper or book clipping on the door describes the work of a contemporary clockmaker to John Davis, though much of the note is since lost. The hinges appear to have been flipped at some point, probably because the owner thought the beautiful display of iron work would be best displayed on the exterior of the door.
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