18TH C. BLACKMAN PHILADELPHIA TALL CLOCK/WAGSTAFFE WORKS
Chippendale walnut case, c. 1760-1780
full-bonnet hood with original large flame finials, tombstone door and four, full columns;
the moon phase dial etched Thomas Wagstaffe / London; the brass face with brass spandrals inscribed Andrew Blackman /Egg Harbour; Roman numeral hour numbers, minutes in Arabic numerals; ogee bracket feet; 7'9" tall; base at feet 19.5"w, 11"d
Old paper repair label on works: Philadelphia, Caldwell & Co.
Hand written note on door of the clock's provenance in Blackman family.
From the Ohio residence of William "Bill" Samaha purchased Christie's NY, January 2002
Thomas Wagstaffe London, (b. 1724), clock and watchmaker, worked from 1756 through 1793. Blackman was a Philadelphia maker of Chippendale cases and it wasn't uncommon for American tall clocks to have English works. The note on door is inaccurate concluding that 'apparently case was also English'.
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Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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