DESCRIPTION:
John L. Everitt, Easton, Penn., tall clock, 8 days, time and bell strike, weight driven movement in a mahogany and mahogany veneer case with castle top, unusual tambour door, five finials, and full turned front columns on the hood. The painted iron dial is signed "No. 3" and has moon phase, calendar and sun burst spandrels, c1810 - 1820
CONDITION:
the case has been refinished and restored. The dial has been repainted but is a copy of the original, which had been damaged. The finials are replacements. The weights and pendulum are period. This specific clock by John Everitt is cited in Spittler & Bailey's "Clockmakers & Watchmakers of America". This is an unusual form with tambour door, found in the furniture of the period, but unknown in a tall clock. Very few clocks by this maker are known. He is probably the John Everitt who died Sep. 11, 1819 in Easton, age 32, whose young demise would explain why so few clocks are known by him. Ht 106"
ESTIMATE:
$9000
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$12000
PRICE SOLD:
$2900
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