Jacob Fry Walnut Chippendale Tall Clock, Woodstock VA, documented on p. 282 -285 in Early Virginia Clockmakers and Silversmiths, James Biser Whisker and John R. Coe, a copy included. Broken scroll bonnet with acorn finials and carved rosettes, rosette below the center plinth, the arched door with H-hinges, with painted steel dial signed Jacob Fry Woodstock, the waist with an arched overlapping door flanked by inset quarter columns raised on a base with straight bracket feet, with cast iron weights and original pendulum, 102 1/2"H, from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Shenandoah Valley Clocks by Phillip Whitman matches signature on another Fry clock, the book is included in the purchase of clock, 10 years in a private collection, the dial is in excellent condition, the brass face hinges appear to be original, the surface is old but not the first. The lower right and left side of the molding on the bonnet have losses, there is separation in the dovetails on top of the bonnet, see photos, the center plinth is possibly replaced, there is a 5” horizontal age split in face board below arch, the upper right corner of the mask has been replaced, see interior photo, the finials are old/appropriate, (1) has split, see photo, cannot say If they are original, rosettes appear original, there is a vertical age split in the face of the lower part of the case, the feet are appropriate old replacements.

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