Property from the Collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick, Middletown, New Jersey
The Clark-English Federal Paint-Decorated Tall Case Clock, clock works by Riley Whiting, Winchester, Connecticut, case attributed to South Shaftsbury, Vermont, circa 1830
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:34 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
white pine
height 88 in. by width 17 ¼ in. by depth 10 ½ in.
inscribed in graphite inside on the verso of the door July 3, 1840 / M. Clark 1859 of Prescott (MA) / Ned G. English Daisy English / I. Baily / Harold English 1965.
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Moses Clark Sr. (1796-1876) m. Anna Kincaid (1797-1883), Newbury, Vermont;
Moses Clark, Jr. (1821-1910) m. Martha Payson Rowell (1827-1913), Newbury, Vermont;
Abigail Anna Annie Clark (1857-1917)m. Ned Goodell English (1860-1932), Lisbon, New Hampshire;
Daisy Abigail Howe (1882-1966), Lisbon, New Hampshire;
Harold Lewis English (1887–1974), Lisbon, New Hampshire;
Suzanne Courcier and Robert Wilkins, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts at the Philadelphia Show, 2000.
Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), pp. 154-5, fig. 292-3.
The Warwicks found M. (Moses) Clark, Jr. (1821-1910) in the 1860 Census married to Martha Rowell and living in Newbury, Vermont. They had six children: Charles, George, Henry, Clarence, Annie, and Willard. Their only daughter, Abigail Anna Annie Clark (1857-1917)inherited the clock. In 1883 she married Ned Goodell English (1860-1932). Ned was born in Lisbon, New Hampshire. They had one son, Harold Lewis English (1887–1974). After Annie died, Ned married Daisy Abigail Howe (1882-1966), the fourth name on the door of the clock. In the 1930 Census, they were living in Lisbon, New Hampshire. On the last line of the repair list is a first name that is Harold English dated 1965.
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