Tall Case Clock
Jan Chris. Sauer, Dutch, 18th century
1760-1800 [with later modifications]
Walnut Veneer, walnut, brass, iron, glass
Overall: 94 1/2 × 24 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (240 × 62.2 × 34.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Alice Runyon
F.985.64.12
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Clock
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Label, printed in black ink, inside door: H. Breen, / HOROLOGIEMAKER, / Noordermarkt / PP No. 8 / Amsterdam / abonnement voor het Opwinder van Pendules; [partial European labels affixed to upper back interior of waist identify Haarlem and Amsterdam as areas of origin and distribution]
Provenance
Dr. Hugh Grant Rowell; Mrs. Alice Minnerly Runyon, North Tarrytown, New York, 1963; given to present collection, 1985.
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