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EARLY AMERICAN TALL-CASE CLOCK BY DAVID BLASDEL Amesbury, Massachusetts, 18th Century
Pine case. Coffin-style bonnet with arched glazed dial door. Simple rectangular pendulum door and flat molded base. Arched brass face with steel Roman numeral dial and applied soft metal figural designs at crest and corners. Typical crude signature on boss in arch "David Blasdel Amesbury", with the L in Blasdel offset from the rest of the name. Height 85.5". Width 17.25". Depth 11". Includes pendulum and weight.
Provenance:
Peter H. Eaton Antiques, Wiscasset, Maine.
According to Delaney Antique Clocks, David Blasdel was born in 1712 and worked in Amesbury until his death in 1756 during the last French and Indian War, in which he served as a blacksmith, working to maintain troop arms and armor.
David and his older brother Jonathan (1709-1802), who worked in East Kingston, New Hampshire, were both clockmakers and metalworkers, and three of David's sons and a grandson also worked in the trade. The Blasdels may have been the earliest blacksmiths, silversmiths, woodworkers and clockmakers working north of Boston.

An Important New Hampshire Collection Carefully and Thoughtfully Assembled Over Two Decades by New Hampshire Residents Lawrence and Dorothy Perkins.

Pine case. Coffin-style bonnet with arched glazed dial door. Simple rectangular pendulum door and flat molded base. Arched brass face with steel Roman numeral dial and applied soft metal figural designs at crest and corners. Typical crude signature on boss in arch "David Blasdel Amesbury", with the L in Blasdel offset from the rest of the name. Height 85.5". Width 17.25". Depth 11". Includes pendulum and weight.
Provenance:
Peter H. Eaton Antiques, Wiscasset, Maine.
According to Delaney Antique Clocks, David Blasdel was born in 1712 and worked in Amesbury until his death in 1756 during the last French and Indian War, in which he served as a blacksmith, working to maintain troop arms and armor.
David and his older brother Jonathan (1709-1802), who worked in East Kingston, New Hampshire, were both clockmakers and metalworkers, and three of David's sons and a grandson also worked in the trade. The Blasdels may have been the earliest blacksmiths, silversmiths, woodworkers and clockmakers working north of Boston.

An Important New Hampshire Collection Carefully and Thoughtfully Assembled Over Two Decades by New Hampshire Residents Lawrence and Dorothy Perkins.
Condition: Case refinished. Not guaranteed to be running.


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