Lot 92:
JOHN FISHER YORK TOWN TALL CASE CLOCK
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JOHN FISHER YORK TOWN TALL CASE CLOCK |
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John Fisher (1736-1808) York Town Tall Case Clock. Bonnet has a broken arch pediment with circular rosettes, 3 turned wooden finials, and four columns. Dial features moon phase, seconds hand, calendar aperture, gold calligraphic spandrels, and hemisphere. With eight-day brass weight-driven movement, time & strike. Includes pendulum, weights. Hand-painted face reads John Fisher York Town.
Even in his own time, John Fisher of York was recognized for his skills as a clockmaker and artist. Many of his clocks went beyond eight-day tall case clocks and were musical, playing different tunes, and in 1790 he created a thirty-five day clock, now in the Yale University collections.
97"
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