Samuel Mulliken Massachusetts Federal Mahogany Shelf Clock

Salem or Lynn, Massachusetts, circa 1800-1805, polychrome painted iron dial, the maker's name "S. Mulliken" encircled in a wreath on a white and black painted plinth flanked by red and blue flowers on a black background, brass weight driven movement with a drop-strike mechanism, case with pierced shaped cresting, brass urn finials, molded tombstone hinged door, all resting on ogee bracket feet, white pine secondary, pendulum and weight included, 39-3/4 x 12 x 6-1/2 in.

Provenance: Descendants of Timothy Pickering; Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 2005, lot 151, $31,725