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Antique American Clocks                      July 2021

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103.     $2500

John Taber (attr.) tall shelf/mirror clock, 1818-1825.  I was fortunate to have a Taber clock in the January 2021 auction and now I am again fortunate to have a second Taber to offer here.  Taber worked out of southern Maine; he used iron plate movements with brass gears, as found here.   The front of the 38-inch case is veneered in mahogany with two free-standing square columns on each side; the sides of the case appear to be walnut.  There are some chips and repairs to the mahogany veneer; the scroll top with three wooden finials differs somewhat from the one sold in January.  The interior is painted a distinctive green color with a wooden dial painted in a characteristic pattern with hand-crafted hands.  The dial glass is old but replaced, and the mirror is quite old.  There is an early iron weight; the clock is running. This is the clock shown in Horology Americana by Dworetsky & Dickstein, page 110.  AAC sold a very similar example in January for $3975.  $2500-$4500.

 

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