Jacob Mohler
Tall Case Clock
American, 1764-1774
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Jacob Mohler
Tall Case Clock
American, 1764-1774
Physical Qualities
Walnut, brass, yellow pine, white pine, 105 1/2 × 14 × 10 1/2 in. (268 × 35.6 × 26.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
1973.30
Tall case clock; hood with broken arch pediment; two urn-shaped finials at outer edges one in center, all turned and resting on square plinths. Plain turned hood columns at all four corners; palladian arched door with glass; clock face with roman numerals, showing mood rising in arched section; makers name on plate on lower section; filigree spandrels. Waist case with cove molding at top, palladian arched door; plinth with cove molding and recessed panel.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1973; Stoll D. Kemp Antiques, New Market, Maryland
Edgar G. Miller, Jr. "American Antique Furniture, A Book for Amateurs." Vol II.
Examination of clock done 03/17/1980 by Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (Examiners: Bradford L. Rauschenberg, Frank L. Horton, Jane Webb Smith)
Examination of clock done 03/17/1980 by Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (Examiners: Bradford L. Rauschenberg, Frank L. Horton, Jane Webb Smith)
Markings: Name plate on clock face: "Jacob Mohler/No 23/BALTIMORE"
