Tall case clock
- Creator:
- Fisher, John, 1736-1808
- Published/Created:
- Yorktown, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States
1773 - Physical Description:
- 99 x 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
- Materials:
- Walnut; wax; glass; brass
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Walnut grandfather clock in case of Queen Anne design, closed arched hood with keystone center, white wax inlay on corners dated 1773; wax inlay on waist of crown and initials, glass pendulum window, brass spandreled dial inscribed "J. Fisher, Yorktown"; John Fisher, who came to York, Pennsylvania in 1749, is known as the finest clockmaker from that center.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 2, p. 382, pl. 962. - Variant Titles:
- Walnut tall case clock
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament--Queen Anne style
Furniture--United States - Period/Style:
- Queen Anne
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 2440
- Genre:
- tall case clocks (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
Physical Object - Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Title:
- Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
- Source Created:
- New York, New York, United States
1957–1990 - Source Note:
- Sack, February 1967
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- 10976 nc, cab4dw4 misc end tiff_complete
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10992223
- PID:
- digcoll:1024791
