THE AMES FAMILY LATE CLASSICAL MAHOGANY AND EGLOMISE SHELF CLOCK
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THE AMES FAMILY LATE CLASSICAL MAHOGANY AND EGLOMISE SHELF CLOCK

RETAILED BY JOSEPH J. AND WILLIAM BEALS (W. 1844-1848), BOSTON, 1844-1848

已结束2013年9月25日

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USD 10,000

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THE AMES FAMILY LATE CLASSICAL MAHOGANY AND EGLOMISE SHELF CLOCK
RETAILED BY JOSEPH J. AND WILLIAM BEALS (W. 1844-1848), BOSTON, 1844-1848
the white painted dial signed J.J.& W. BEALS BOSTON and the case similarly labeled
40 in. high, 25 in. wide, 9¼ in. deep

Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Easton, Massachusetts
Frank M. Ames (1833-1898), son
Alice L. Ames Chapman, Evanston, Wyoming, daughter
Charles E. Ames (1895-1872), Easton, Massachusetts, brother
Elizabeth King Ames, wife
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1992

专家说明

With stores at 81 Hanover Street, Haymarket Square and 422 Washington Street, retailers Joseph J. (1813-1885) and William Beals (1811-after 1854) ran a large operation selling wall and shelf clocks. See Paul J. Foley, Willard's Patent Time Pieces: A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800-1900 (Norwell, Massachusetts, 2002), p. 218.