The colonial furniture of New England : A study of the domestic furniture in use in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (1892)
Lyon, Irving Whitall, 1840-1896 · Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 426
tion, was published in the Salem Observer, Feb-ruary 16, 1S81. From this we learn that it wasbrought from Amsterdam, Holland, in the year 1663,by Captain Foster, whose daughter married CaptainBenjamin Obear. From their descendants the clockwas purchased by the doctor, in a very… … Fig 104A DUTCH TEA TABLE CLOCKS 239 no expense, but to preserve the original design, pro-portions, and finish, which is one of the most elab-orate and beautiful patterns. According to the best Dutch antiquaries, clocksof this style were made in Holland, especially in itsnorthern provinces, from…
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