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A highly important Roxbury case tall clock, by William Cummens, Roxbury, circa 1810.- The case attributed to Thomas Seymour.

Catalog#:	Autumn/Winter 2007
Category:	Clocks
SubType:	Clocks
Origin:	America-USA
Era:	18th Century
Height:	105.5 inches
Width:	22 inches
Depth:	10.25 inches



This fine tall case clock is an example of the Roxbury case clock in it's most refined form. The impressive size, agreeable proportions, superb wood selections and precise quality of construction, confirm that the case was produced in the Seymour cabinet shops. The dial door is cross banded with an inlaid "barber-pole" edge and a conforming geometric inner border. This door opens to a finely painted fourteen inch iron dial of Boston origin, framed by a light blue painted dial mat. The dial features a lunette decorated with the image of three sailing ships on a stormy sea within a beaded gilt border. . The dial is signed below the center arbor, "Warranted by / Wm. Cummens". Illustrated: "Simon Willard and His Clock" by John Ware Willard (printed 1911)

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