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Lot 3132
Pennsylvania Chippendale Walnut Tall Case Clock
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Attributed to Berks county, late 18th century, white pine secondary, the dovetailed hood with broken arched pediment and urn finials, stylized dentil molding, arched door with fully turned twist columns, glass aperture to side case, painted metal face with Roman numerals, the case with a hinged lipped and shaped waist door, fluted quarter columns, the base with applied molded panel with repeating fluted quarter columns, later ogee bracket feet, with two weights and pendulum.

93.25 x 24 x 11.5 in.

The Estate of the late Dr. Larry Southworth, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Acquired Stephen Hench Antiques, Pennsylvania.

Similar examples by John Vanderslice of Womelelsdorf, Berks county.

Later feet; loss at right pediment rosette; right front hood column present but broken; paint loss and flaking to metal face; later hinges to waist door; some shrinkage splits to lower base at center and column areas.

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