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REUBEN TOWER FEDERAL DWARF CLOCK

Creator: Reuben Tower
Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
REUBEN TOWER FEDERAL DWARF CLOCK
Hanover, Massachusetts Circa 1815
Movement made and signed by Reuben Tower (1775-1881)

Primary Wood: White Pine (Painted)
Secondary Wood: White Pine

Height: 48 inches
Width: 11 1/4 inches
Depth: 9 inches

Reference: The clock appears in Zea and Cheney, Clockmaking in New England, page 106, figures 4-15 and 4-16.

Reuben Tower (1795-1881) was a member of the influential Quaker clockmakers working in southeastern Massachusetts. He was likely apprenticed to Joshua Wilder. Tower produced clocks in the same manner as Wilder, and married his daughter Rebecca Hathaway Wilder in 1819.

Tower worked in the adjacent towns of Hingham, Hanover, Kingston and Plymouth. While he produced just two tall clocks and a handful of shelf clocks and banjo clocks, he specialized in fine dwarf clocks. All are in similar cases and styles to those made by Wilder and the cases are attributed to nearby Weymouth cabinetmaker Abiel White.

Inventory Number: 055

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1815
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Federal
Dealer Reference #:	055
Incollect Reference #:	860806

Dimensions

W.	11.25 in;	H.	48 in;	D.	9 in;
W.	28.58 cm;	H.	121.92 cm;	D.	22.86 cm;

Message from Seller:

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