Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art

Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 28. Rare Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Tall Case Clock, case attributed to George Pickering (w.1773 - d. 1784), works by David Robinson, London, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1775.

Various Owners

Rare Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Tall Case Clock, case attributed to George Pickering (w.1773 - d. 1784), works by David Robinson, London, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1775

Lot Closed

January 21, 03:28 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Various Owners

Rare Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Tall Case Clock

case attributed to George Pickering (w.1773 - d. 1784), works by David Robinson, London

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

circa 1775


the movement inscribed David Robinson London

Height 96 in. by Width 21 in. by depth 10 3/4 in.

Another case by George Pickering is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, acc. no. 1998-81-1.  A Rococo style example with a dial signed, "Jacob Godshalk, Philadelphia," and a case labeled by George Pickering of Philadelphiawas sold at Sotheby's, Masterpieces from the Time Museum, June 19, 2002, sale 7816, lot 139, for $532,000, setting a world auction record at the time for the Philadelphia form. For an image in its restored state see Uncommon Skill: The Works of Alan Miller and Bill McCarthy, (Allentown, PA: Valley Community Fund, 2020), pp. 81-3.