TALL CASE CLOCK BY HUGH BIGHAM MARSH CREEK (NOW GETTYSBURG) PA CIRCA 1770
TALL CASE CLOCK Works signed by Hugh Bigham (1742-1793) Walnut, silvered and brass dial 8-day moon dial H: 98.5"; W: 20"; D: 10" Circa 1770 This clock face is inscribed Hugh Bigham/Marsh Creek. Marsh Creek was an early settlement of York County, inhabited primarily...
EXHIBITION KNIFE BY J.Y. OLIVER, ENGLAND CIRCA 1780-1795
EXHIBITION KNIFESteel, silver, brass, mahogany H: 10"; W: 7"; D: 3" Complex knife assemblies were made for exhibition in England to showcase the skills of knife and watchmakers. This example was made by Cambridge clockmaker J. Y. Oliver and contains 400 knives, each...
TALL CASE CLOCK BY LEBBEUS DODD MENDHAM, N.J., CIRCA 1760-1765
TALL CASE CLOCK Walnut, brass dial H: 93.5"; W: 19"; D: 9.5" An early walnut clock from Mendham, New Jersey made by Lebbeus Dodd (1739-1816). The Dodds were a family of scientists and mathematicians described as "remarkable for their ingenuity" in the publication,...