The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
The Furness Family Very Rare Queen Anne Figured Walnut Tall Case Clock, Works by William Furniss, Mill Creek Hundred, Delaware, Circa 1739-1749
Auction Closed
January 23, 10:36 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Furness Family Very Rare Queen Anne Figured Walnut Tall Case Clock
Works by William Furniss
Mill Creek Hundred, Delaware
Circa 1739-1749
The brass engraved and silvered dial has a seconds register and a date aperture. Dial inscribed William Furniss Milcrick.
Height 81 3/4 in. by Width 21 1/2 in. by Depth 11 3/4 in.
Rev. William Henry Furness, Medford, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1802-1896) a prominent Unitarian minister and abolitionist;
Frank Heyling Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1839-1912) an acclaimed American architect of the Victorian era and winner of the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Trevilian Station, Virginia, on June 12, 1864, son;
Theodore Fassit Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son;
Fanney Fassit Furness Green, daughter;
Furness family descendant;
Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 22 and 23, 2010, sale 8608, lot 473.
William Furniss (Furness) is one of Delaware's earliest clockmakers. A closely related Furniss clock with an arched dial is illustrated in Philip Zimmerman, Delaware Clocks, (Dover, DE: The Briggs Museum of American Art, 2006), p. 8, no 1. Milcrick stands for today, Mill Creek Hundred which is the name of an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Mill Creek Hundred is that portion of New Castle County that lies north and east of White Clay Creek and west of Red Clay Creek. It was formed from Christiana Hundred in 1710 and was named for Mill Creek that flows through its center.