Physical Qualities
Mahogany; yellow pine, tulip poplar and sweet gum secondary woods; silver, brass, steel, metal, enamel, glass; eight-day movement with recoil escapement, 103 x 22 x 11 3/4 in. (261.6 x 55.9 x 29.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Philip B. Perlman
Object Number
1960.41.19
Enameled phases-of-the-moon dial; eight-day movement with recoil escapement; silvered brass face
Dial Description: engraved silver sheet; the minute ring is designated with lines; calendar ring with steel hand; second hand; enameled moon phrase.
Works Description: 8-day works; recoil escapement; solid leaf pinions.
Case Description: Unknown Philadelphia case maker. Date: 1765-1770. Woods: mahogany, yellow pine (saddle board), tulip poplar, sweet gum (backboard).
Carving: two flame finials, rosettes on the broken-scroll pediment. Cartouche is of asymmetrical design and combines c-scrolls, foliage, tendrils, and two flower blossoms.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1960; Philip B. Perlman, Baltimore, Maryland, by 1960.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Philip B. Perlman Bequest", September 3-October 1, 1961.
Stec, Romaine, BMA News, The Philip B. Perlman Bequest, Vol. XXV. No. 1, Fall 1961. repro. p. 6.
Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug 1961. p.12.
Elder, William Voss III, "American Decorative Arts of the Revolutionary Period," Maryland Heritage, 1976, cat 93, p. 113.
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p.115-117, ill.83.
Sperling, David A., Great Treasure In A Small Museum: The Life and Work of Clockmaker Edward Duffield, Antiques and the Arts Online, http://www.antiquesandthearts.com/TT-2006-01-03-10-40-49p1.htm. 19 July 2006. Reproduction.
Bob Frishman, "Edward Duffield: Philadelphia Clockmaker, Citizen, Gentleman 1730-1803", American Philosophical Society Press, 2024, cat. 15, pg. 194, ill. pg. 194
Inscribed: Dial inscription: E. Duffield Philadelphia
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 07
