Circa 1800 Cherry Chippendale tall case clock that descended through the original family from the estate of Clifford H. Conover, Hightstown NJ.\u00a0 This is a clock that stood in the corner of the living room of Cliff’s home for as long as I can remember.\u00a0\u00a0 It has passed down through the Conover family and was part of the estate sale after Cliff passed in 2015.\u00a0\u00a0 The clock stands at 94″ tall with bold carved scrolls and floral carved rosettes.\u00a0\u00a0 The form of this case closely resembles clocks from the Mount Holly area and in fact there is a clock in\u00a0Battison &\u00a0Kane’s “The American Clock 1725 – 1865″ in the Mable Brady Garvan Collection at Yale University on page 65 by Wood & Hudson that helps support the attribution.\u00a0\u00a0There are numerous local chalk inscriptions inside the case including the one by Joseph Johnson of Hightstown.\u00a0\u00a0 On the inside of the backboard is the repair script by John Pittman another familiar name you find in early Delaware valley cases.\u00a0\u00a0 The case has been refinished and there have been repairs to the scroll tips.\u00a0 The feet are bench made restorations.\u00a0 The works are in an excellent state of preservation and the clock runs and strikes fine.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The dial is English and retains its original paint and decoration.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The clock stands 94” tall.<\/p>\n
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