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Matthew Egerton
New Brunswick, New Jersey,
circa 1788-1802
SOLD!
Rare and Outstanding Federal Inlaid and Figured Mahogany Tall Case Clock having a broken arch top retaining its original carved and gilded "flower" rosettes and brass finials above a pierced scroll board and bookend inlays under each outer finial stand and a "liberty cap on a pole" inlay under the center finial, an enameled dial with moon phase and date counter, eight day brass movement flanked by fluted colonettes above bookend inlays, an oval inlaid waist door with fan inlaid lower quadrants and flanked by fluted quarter columns, above a circle inlaid base with fan inlaid quadrants, straight bracket feet, and retaining an outstanding old surface.
Case made by Matthew Egerton, New Brunswick, New Jersey, circa 1788-1802.
Height: 96 ¼”
Provenance: John Schenk, Flemington, New Jersey 1979, C. L. Prickett, 1980, William T. Arnold, Effingham, Illinois.
Literature: The Magazine Antiques, January 1980, page 143 and The Magazine Antiques, October 1997, page 111. For other related examples see: The Magazine Antiques, November 1928, page 418; American Antiques, Vol. V, page1363; American Antiques, Vol. IX, page 2503; and The Magazine Antiques, March 1991, page 459.
Note: Of the five known Egerton cases of this type (having inlay, straight bracket feet, and punch-work scroll boards) this one is clearly the finest example, blending a fine compliment of fan and line inlays and outstanding proportions. The inlaid “liberty cap on a pole” adds a great deal of historical significance to this already rare and outstanding case.
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