An impressive Renaissance Revival carved oak tall case clock, the case attributed to R.J. Horner &
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Description
With elaborately carved case and hood, the arched hood with superstructure carved with leafage and grotesque masque, flanked by two finials, with gadrooning and egg-and-dart molding, the hood door flanked by two columnettes in the form of musicians, one playing bagpipe, and the other playing horn, the case with gadrooning and egg-and-dart molding, the case door flanked by pilasters with carved lion and putti heads, the case door with carved shells, scrolls, and foliate motifs, centering masque, the case base with pilasters with capitals in the form of lions, flanking a recessed panel depicting a townscape, with three revelers, on bun feet, the brass face with moon phase dial and raised Arabic numeral chapter ring, and inscribed, “Tilden-Thurber Co./ Providence R.I.,” the back of works marked, “Elite A1/ W&H/ Sch/ Germany.”
H: 101 ¼ in. W: 22 5/8 in. D: 16 ½ in.
Provenance
This clock was originally owned by Henry Pearce (1838-1909) and his wife Elizabeth (Leonard Bourne) Pearce of Providence, Rhode Island.
Thence by descent to the present consignor.
Footnotes
Henry Pearce was a successful banking and business entrepreneur, and he built an impressive home in the Richardson Romanesque style, known as the Henry and Elizabeth Pearce Estate. This property was eventually acquired by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence and operated as a convent from 1923-1952. In 1953, it became the site of the Division of Applied Mathematics for Brown University, which remains today.
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