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Tall-case clock

(American, 1766–1850)
about 1800–10
Object PlaceNewburyport, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, mahogany veneer, white pine, light- and dark-wood inlay
DimensionsOverall: 235.6 x 52.1 x 26 cm (92 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineIn memory of Clinton Prescott Knight, Jr. Providence, Rhode Island
Accession number1982.498
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsIn chalk on the inside of the backboard: "A. Stedman"
ProvenanceInherited by the donors from the estate of fhe noted Providence clock collector Clinton Prescott Knight, Jr. ;gift of Henry Hixon Meyer, Jr., and Edith Noyes Knight Meyer, Belmont, Massachusetts, in honor of Knight (Accession Date October 13, 1982)
1806–09
about 1807
1790–1810
1800–10
about 1795–1810
about 1880-1920
about 1790–1810
about 1800