Object Number 1965.0002

Object Name

Clock (Tall clock)

Category

Clocks, Watches, and Scientific Instruments

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Daniel Rose (Maker)
1749-1827

Place of Origin

Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1785-1800

Materials

Walnut, black; Pine, white; Brass; Paint; Glass

Dimensions (inches)

100.75 (H) , 19.875 (W) , 11.125 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

255.91 (H) , 50.17 (W) , 27.94 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH to finials; OW and OD at feet.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: figs. 93-94, pp. 152-55.
[Book] Machmer, Richard S. & Machmer, Rosemarie B. 1995 Berks County Tall-Case Clocks, 1750-1850.
• For more info. on the maker, see pp. 95-98.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• For a related case, see figs. 3.38 and 3.39, pp. 138-139.
[Book] Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: fig. 124.