Sentence examples for tall-case clock from inspiring English sources
"A stock or bond, that's not as special as a tall-case clock," he said.
Christie's said the Wady-Townsend clock set a world auction record for an American tall-case clock.
Stepping inside, it is startling to discover an opulent haven of quietude, with a 22-foot ceiling, an 18th-century tall-case clock, comfy velvet sofas and a fire roaring in the grate.
An 18th-century tall-case clock with a dial signed by James Wady of Newport and a case attributed to the school of Job Townsend Sr. of Newport realized $666,000.
George Subkoff, the president of the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, sponsor of the 50-dealer show, is bringing an exceptional American tall-case clock made by Aaron Willard of Boston (circa 1800-1810).
At Geoffrey Diner you find unusual Arts and Crafts lamps and a rare Gustav Stickley tall-case clock, as well as another showstopper on the silver front: an enormous presentation bowl by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Company.
Sure, you might find use for the fair's handsome but less exciting goods, like hooked rugs, tall-case clocks, metal candlesticks and inlaid bureaus.
According to participants in January's events, they include tall-case clocks, Windsor chairs, slant-front desks, quilts, maritime photographs, carpets, like kilims and turkistans, antiquities, Polynesian ethnographic art, beds and furniture made of exotic woods.
It is only by reading the labels of the tall-case clocks, for example, that you begin to realize that one reason this museum is here, and watch manufacturers like Hamilton once had their homes in Lancaster, is that the region was settled by German immigrants who brought traditions of furniture making and clock design.
He said the clock's carving was nearly identical to that on a tall case clock by Bernard and Jugiez at the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee.
For a show that opens on April 7, "Keeping Time: The Tall Case Clock," the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in Colonial Williamsburg has brought out the products of recent buying sprees and research.
