Tall clock
William Claggett
(American (born in Wales), 1694–1749)
1720–30
Object PlaceNewport, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/TechniquePine case
DimensionsOverall: 234.3 x 44.5 x 26.7 cm (92 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margaret Buffinton Brown in memory of G. Winthrop Brown
Accession number39.546
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
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Claggett arrived in Boston in 1714 and moved to Newport two years later. During the next three decades, he developed a reputation as a skillful clockmaker and a multi-talented craftsman who (among other things) made musical instruments, engraved paper money, and conducted electrical experiments. This early example of his work has a pine case, later painted to resemble mahogany.
ProvenanceLent by George W. Brown, Sept. 4, 1917.
1790–1800
1790–1800
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