A Chippendale carved mahogany tall case clock Dial signed by Jacob Godshalk (c. 1735-1781),
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Description
The brass arched face fitted with painted moon dial and engraved with scrolling leafage and tulips enclosing "Jacob Godshalk/Philadelphia."
(H: 102 3/4 in. W: 19 1/4 in. D: 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance
According to family tradition, the clock was purchased from paper mill owner Henry McCall, Jr. of Trenton New Jersey in the 1880s by Samuel Meredith Dickinson (1839-1905), inherited by his son, Sackett Moore Dickinson (1884-1955), and willed to the present consignor.
The clock may have been part of the contents of Ellarslie (now the Trenton City Museum), an Italianate mansion designed in 1848 by John Notman as a summer home for Philadelphian Henry McCall, Sr. (1788-1859). Henry McCall, Jr. sold the house in 1881. It is possible that the clock descended in the McCall family and was originally owned by wealthy Philadelphia merchant, Archibald Alexander McCall (1727-1799) and his wife Judith Kemble McCall (1743-1829), who married in 1762.
From the Estate of Ann Dickinson Dale, Princeton, NJ.
includes pendulum, two weights, winding key, and case key; face: arch attached to lower plate in two pieces, with later iron reinforcements, moon dial has old crack and reinforced at back, some retouch to moon faces, the composite face with iron reinforcements at back, spandrels are lead or pewter painted gold (probably replacements), pitting and minor spots of oxidation on face, some loss to numerical fill; hood: blind fret restored and replaced throughout, one rosette with patch to leafage, glass replaced, iron locking latch inside door appears to be original, replaced finials, door has patch to arch; case: with mends to blind fret on sides, the front blind fret panel appears to be original (with mends), bottom board replaced, the feet facings restored with cherry patches and some blocks replaced, base molding possibly original, and scuffing / wear to front molding panel, lot of drill holes in back board to affix to wall; replaced weights, pendulum is old but the tip is broken; as with all mechanical objects, Freeman's does not guarantee functionality
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