Very Fine and Rare Queen Anne Figured Walnut Tall Case ClockWorks by George CrowWilmington, DelawareCirca 1765 The dial inscribed George Crow Wilmington.Height 102 in. by Width 18 1/2 in. by Depth 10 1/2 in.Catalogue noteThe movement of this clock was made by George Crow (active 1740-1762), one of the earliest clock-makers working in Wilmington, Delaware. He was elected high constable of the borough of Wilmington in 1746. In 1755 he was elected one of the burgesses of Wilmington, and re-elected in 1756 and 1758. The records of Old Swedes show the marriage of George Crow to Mary Laudonet in August 1746. He continued in the watch and clock business until his death in 1772 leaving a substantial body of work. His son, George, Jr., carried on the business until his death at a young age in 1802. His brother, Thomas (1770-1824), worked as a clockmaker in Wilmington until 1808, when he moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania. He returned to Wilmington in 1810 and worked there until his death in 1824.1Philip D. Zimmerman discusses the work of George Crow and his sons, George Jr. and Thomas in Delaware Clocks (Dover, Delaware: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2006). He notes the presence of unfinished clock cases in George Crow’s shop and finished clock movements in a cabinetmakers shop as evidence that clockmakers sometimes provided space in their shops for cabinetmakers and cabinetmakers sometimes took payment in clock movements, which they would case up and sell.2For a related tall case clock with a movement by George Crow, see one with a sarcophagus top that descended through four generations of the Brimfield Family of Easton, Maryland. It was formerly in the collection of Rusty Donahoe American Antiques of Oxford, Maryland. A surveyor's compass owned by Jacob H. Emerson of Middletown bears the date 1754 and the name "George Crow." The name of R. Bryan is also scratched on the compass refers to one of the early surveyors who laid out much land in the vicinity of Middletown and the Bohemia Manor, Delaware.31 Chris Bailey, Two Hundred Years of Clocks & Watches (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.: 1975): 71.2 Philip D. Zimmerman, Delaware Clocks (Dover: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2006): 15.3 Henry C. Conrad, Old Delaware Clock-Makers (Historical Society of Delaware): 6-8.
Very Fine and Rare Queen Anne Figured Walnut Tall Case ClockWorks by George CrowWilmington, DelawareCirca 1765 The dial inscribed George Crow Wilmington.Height 102 in. by Width 18 1/2 in. by Depth 10 1/2 in.Catalogue noteThe movement of this clock was made by George Crow (active 1740-1762), one of the earliest clock-makers working in Wilmington, Delaware. He was elected high constable of the borough of Wilmington in 1746. In 1755 he was elected one of the burgesses of Wilmington, and re-elected in 1756 and 1758. The records of Old Swedes show the marriage of George Crow to Mary Laudonet in August 1746. He continued in the watch and clock business until his death in 1772 leaving a substantial body of work. His son, George, Jr., carried on the business until his death at a young age in 1802. His brother, Thomas (1770-1824), worked as a clockmaker in Wilmington until 1808, when he moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania. He returned to Wilmington in 1810 and worked there until his death in 1824.1Philip D. Zimmerman discusses the work of George Crow and his sons, George Jr. and Thomas in Delaware Clocks (Dover, Delaware: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2006). He notes the presence of unfinished clock cases in George Crow’s shop and finished clock movements in a cabinetmakers shop as evidence that clockmakers sometimes provided space in their shops for cabinetmakers and cabinetmakers sometimes took payment in clock movements, which they would case up and sell.2For a related tall case clock with a movement by George Crow, see one with a sarcophagus top that descended through four generations of the Brimfield Family of Easton, Maryland. It was formerly in the collection of Rusty Donahoe American Antiques of Oxford, Maryland. A surveyor's compass owned by Jacob H. Emerson of Middletown bears the date 1754 and the name "George Crow." The name of R. Bryan is also scratched on the compass refers to one of the early surveyors who laid out much land in the vicinity of Middletown and the Bohemia Manor, Delaware.31 Chris Bailey, Two Hundred Years of Clocks & Watches (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.: 1975): 71.2 Philip D. Zimmerman, Delaware Clocks (Dover: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2006): 15.3 Henry C. Conrad, Old Delaware Clock-Makers (Historical Society of Delaware): 6-8.
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