FEDERAL PAINT-DECORATED PINE TALL-CASE CLOCK.circa 1810, by Riley Whiting Winchester, CT. The hood with swan's neck-cresting enclosing polychrome-decorated dial with second register inscribed "R. Whiting, Winchester"; the waisted case with hinged door inscription, "R. Woodruff, Burford U.C".; stencilled base with quarter-fans and floral enrichment continuing to bracket feet. minor old repair to one scroll on crest and one scroll lost, also loss of seconds hand and seconds hand mechanism; pendulum; weights; and key. - 86 in. x 18 in. 11 1/2 in. Estimate $1,800-2,400
PROVENANCE: Christie's, New York, October 23, 1993, lot 217
