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Lot 31
A Rare Federal Inlaid and Pierce-Carved Mahogany Tall Case Clock
Sale 1130 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Mar 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$10,000 -
20,000
Price Realized
$11,970
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Lot Description
A Rare Federal Inlaid and Pierce-Carved Mahogany Tall Case Clock
William Elvins (1796-1841), Baltimore, Maryland, Circa 1800
the painted dial inscribed William Elvins / Fell's Point / BALTIMORE.
Height 96 3/4 x width 21 1/4 x depth 11 inches.
Provenance:
Edgerton Home for Boys, Baltimore, Maryland;
Private Collection.
Literature:
Webb Smith, Jane, "A Large and Elegant Assortment: A Group of Baltimore Tall Clocks, 1795-1815," Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, November 1987, Volume XIII, No. 2, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, p. 33-109, figs. 5, 5a-5e, Appendix IV (illustrated).
Height 96 3/4 x width 21 1/4 x depth 11 inches.
Provenance:
Edgerton Home for Boys, Baltimore, Maryland;
Private Collection.
Literature:
Webb Smith, Jane, "A Large and Elegant Assortment: A Group of Baltimore Tall Clocks, 1795-1815," Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, November 1987, Volume XIII, No. 2, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, p. 33-109, figs. 5, 5a-5e, Appendix IV (illustrated).