LOT 178 Tall Case Clock By Griffith Owen, Philadelphia.
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A great original clock circa 1790 - 1800. Hand painted dial and moon phase. View a copy of a letter that the consignors great aunt sent to her father, her nephew, when she transferred the clock to him in 1966: 揟he clock was given as a wedding gift to Rebecca Brooke [my father抯 great great grandmother] when [she] married Rees Thomas March the 29th 1810 ??she writes. 揂fter his marriage, Rees Thomas became proprietor of the famous Gulph Mills ?. He was a man of high standing and oneof the original anti-slavery men of Montgomery County.?The Thomases were Welsh Quakers who emigrated to Pennsylvania before the Revolution. Rebecca Brooke抯 father, Captain Benjamin Brooke, according to the letter, was 揳 distinguishedofficer and patriot of the Revolutionary War? From a Rye, NY estate. Dimensions: 103" h x 19" x 11". Condition: Good original condition with all parts. All clocks sold as / is whether working or not. (Come in to gallery and have a personalviewing).
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2372 Boston Post Rd, Larchmont, NY, US
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