JOHN FISHER TALL CASE CLOCK

John Fisher (1736-1808) York Town Tall Case Clock. Bonnet has a broken arch pediment with carved rosettes and Greek Key border, 3 turned wooden finials, and four columns. Dial features moon phase, seconds hand, spandrels hand-painted to represent the four seasons, and hemisphere. Hand-painted face reads John Fisher York Town. With eight-day brass weight-driven movement, time & strike. Includes pendulum, weights, and key.

Even in his own time, John Fisher of York was recognized for his skills as a clockmaker and artist. Many of his clocks went beyond eight-day tall case clocks and were musical, playing different tunes, and in 1790 he created a thirty-five day clock, now in the Yale University collections.

97” tall


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