Dwarf tall clock

Samuel Mulliken II

ca. 1780 · Cherry, brass with white pine · The American Wing

Clocks such as these, essentially shelf clocks atop a lower case, are quite rare and are sometimes called dwarf tall clocks. The brass dial is unsigned, but it is very much like a rare signed example by Samuel Mulliken II of Newburyport, Massachusetts that is illustrated in Brooks Palmer’s "A Treasury of American Clocks" (New York, 1977).

Artist

Samuel Mulliken II

Date

ca. 1780

Medium

Cherry, brass with white pine

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Ausschnitt, 1989