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Lot 47

Inlaid Mahogany Tall Clock,
William Cummens, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1810.

9 May 2023, 10:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$3,825 inc. premium

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Inlaid Mahogany Tall Clock,

William Cummens, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1810.
The arched molded hood with pierced fretwork and topped with brass finials. The tombstone door flanked by reeded columns and the painted iron dial showing phases of the moon, with seconds hand and calendar aperture, with polychrome and gilt painted spandrels. Eight-day brass weight driven time and strike movement, the waist with molded and cross-banded door flanked by brass mounted reeded quarter columns, the inlay repeated on the base, resting on flaring French feet. The dial inscribed "Warranted by Wm. Cummens", ht. 91 1/2 in.

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Handwritten note included, reading in part: "This clock belonged to E.D. Endicott if he wants it. It is a good clock and has always kept good time until this last summer when it stopped - it was all gummed up with dirt. If E.D. Endicott wants it, it is his..."

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