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A LATE FEDERAL CHERRYWOOD TALL-CASE CLOCK
A LATE FEDERAL CHERRYWOOD TALL-CASE CLOCK

DIAL SIGNED BY JOSEPH UPDEGRAFF JESSOP (1796-1859), YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 1820-1840

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A LATE FEDERAL CHERRYWOOD TALL-CASE CLOCK
Dial signed by Joseph Updegraff Jessop (1796-1859), York, Pennsylvania, 1820-1840
The broken swan's-neck pediment centered and flanked by urn-and-steeple finials above an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted dial face with Roman and Arabic chapter rings centering J.U. JESSOP YORK, PENNSYLVANIA no. 27 enclosed by gilt spandrels surmounted by a painted moon-face dial, all flanked by colonettes over a waisted case with a thumbmolded door flanked by chamfered corners above a box base over a shaped skirt, on ball feet
94in. high, 19in. wide, 11in. deep

拍品专文

Son of the clockmaker, Jonathan Jessop (1771-1857), Joseph trained under his father in York, Pennsylvania. As the elder Jessop became involved with a number of projects, including a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, cotton mills and the York National Bank, Jonathan took over the family business (Eckhardt, Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers (New York, 1955), p. 216).