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Tall case clock

(American, active 1769–1791)
about 1765-85
Object PlaceFredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, yellow pine, oak, cherry
DimensionsOverall: 269.9 x 55.9 x 26.7 cm (106 1/4 x 22 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number39.92
On View
On view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsDial inscribed "Thos Walker Fredericksburg" in script
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; purchased for $1,600 from Israel Sack, New York City, for the "The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts" (Accession Date January 12, 1939)
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