William Burr Tall Clock

Style: Connecticut Tall Case Clock Woods: American butternut; backboard, tulip Comment: Butternut wood not often used on Connecticut furniture, and some mistakes can be found on the dial and numerals 40, 50, and XI. Dial: Wrought brass with roman hour numerals, arabic minute numerals. Day-of-the-week and month-of-the-year are found below the unusual pierced hands. Works: Eight-day movement with brass plates and wheels. Year: c. 1761-1780 For a closer look at the face click here For a view of the internal mechanism click here Reference: Battison, Edwin A. The American Clock 1725-1865. Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society Limited. 1973

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