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June 28, 2025: Premier Americana: Day Three

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Lot 2449

CALEB DAVIS (WOODSTOCK, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, 1769-1834), ATTRIBUTED, INLAID CHERRY TALL-CASE CLOCK

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Starting Bid
$2,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

CALEB DAVIS (WOODSTOCK, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, 1769-1834), ATTRIBUTED, INLAID CHERRY TALL-CASE CLOCK, eight-day brass works, repainted sheet-iron dial with Roman numeral chapter ring, the moon dial retaining original paint-decoration attributed to Davis which features a recumbent stag and cottage scene lunettes between the moon phases. The hood featuring a broken arch pediment with inlaid rosettes, and cut-outs which follow the contour of the broken scroll, the central finial plinth having an applied and inlaid drop with a scalloped lower edge flanked by turned columns on the corners which sit on the extended lower molding of the hood's base and cant back to make flush contact with the upper section; the case exhibits a slender tombstone door with a central inlaid shaped reserve flanked by chamfered corners having an undulating barber-pole inlaid design over a base with a square panel with an inlaid oval reserve flanked by matching inlaid chamfered corners, the whole raised on straight modified French feet with a shaped apron. The entirety of the case with a multitude of line and barber-pole inlaid designs. Retains a pendulum, weights, and a key. Yellow pine secondary wood. Early 19th century. 106" HOA, 19 1/2" WOA, 10 1/2" DOA.
Catalogue Note: The case construction and decoration is consistent with a number of other cases made to house the works of Caleb Davis and Jacob Fry. Other examples by this casemaker include: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle, Sotheby's, May 26-27, 1995, Lot 318; and Whitney - The Clocks of Shenandoah pg. 68.
Literature: For research concerning Caleb Davis, see Catherine B. Hollan - Virginia Silversmiths, Jewelers, Clock- and Watchmakers, 1607-1860, Their Lives and Marks, pp. 213, 214. Several other clocks by Davis are illustrated by Whitney - The Clocks of Shenandoah pp. 64-69; and Wallace B. Gusler - The Arts of Shenandoah County, Virginia 1770-1825, Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts V, no. 2 (November 1979): 29.

Condition

Good visual condition, the dial having a scrubbed surface lacking the large majority of its detailing, including a possible name; proper right goose-neck scroll is a partial replacement with later blocking behind it; feet possibly reduced in height; replaced finials; alternating decorative inlay at the neck is possibly replaced or altered and do not match the craftsmanship of the rest of the case; multiple pieces of the barber pole molding strips in the base panel were replaced in an earlier conservation treatment; surface with minor scattered wear and case with possible other minor replacements/restorations/damage; untested and in unknown working condition (See Catalogue Guarantee).

Provenance

Sold to benefit the acquisitions and conservation funds of a private Virginia museum.
Ex-collection of the late Bruce and Mildred Isom "Micki" Helsley, Woodstock, VA.

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