$38,100
Estimate: $25,000 - $50,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: April 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM ET
The composite dial engraved, "David Rittenhouse Norriton," painted moon phase mechanism, with weights, pendulum.
H: 87 in. W: 18 ¼ in. D: 11 ¼ in.
Collection of a South Carolina gentleman.
See Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, David Rittenhouse: Philosopher-Mechanick of Colonial Philadelphia and His Famous Clocks (2023). This clock's face and works are illustrated and discussed, pg. 122 and 124; Figure: 5.26- dial; Figure 5.31- front plate with wheelwork; and Figure 5.32- back of dial.
It has been suggested by scholars that this tall case clock is one of only eight authentic Rittenhouse clocks in private hands.