THE HUNTER-DUNN FAMILY CHIPPENDALE PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY BLOCK-AND-SHELL TALL-CASE CLOCK, DIAL SIGNED BY JAMES WADY (D.1759), NEWPORT, 1750-1759

THE HUNTER-DUNN FAMILY CHIPPENDALE PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY BLOCK-AND-SHELL TALL-CASE CLOCK
DIAL SIGNED BY JAMES WADY (D.1759), NEWPORT, 1750-1759
The engraved silvered brass moon-face dial signed IAMES: WADY: NEWPORT; inside of backboard with inscription LH BENNETT / DUXBURY MASS/ 1968/ HOLLY B. MORRIS/ DUXBURY 1993 and typed paper label transcribing poem titled 'The Old Clock'
101 in. high, 21 in. wide, 10 in. deep

Special Notice
Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.

Provenance
Thomas Dunn (1834-1916) and Kate Hunter Dunn (1849-1930), Newport, possibly by descent from her great-grandfather, Dr. William Hunter (c.1730-1777), Scotland and Newport
Anna Caroline Rotch Dunn (1879-1959), Newport, daughter
Reverend Elbert Lansing Bennett (1899-1985), first cousin once removed
Dr. Lansing Heppe Bennett (1926-1993), Duxbury, Massachusetts, son
Thence by descent in the family
Sold, Christie's, New York, 21 January 2000, lot 126

Saleroom Notice
Please note this lot is 101 inches tall. Also please note that this lot will be held at Christie's Rockefeller Center until Monday January 22nd and then will be transferred to CFASS on Tuesday January 23rd.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN FAMILY

Literature
Richard L. Champlin, “William Claggett and His Clockmaking Family,” Supplement to the Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc. 11 (Summer 1976), pp. 34–35, figs. 20–21.
Christie's, New York, 18-19 January 2002, p. 224, fig. 6.
Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830 (New Haven, Connecticut, 2016), p. 111 (fn. 19).
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF2305.

Exhibited
The Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island