The exhibition included many clocks borrowed from private collections that feature significant provenance information. ![]() Among other highlights was a table clock with japanned surface by William Claggett a trio of Thomas Claggett clocks in related, uniquely regional cases, one a dwarf clock and another a musical clock by him and two uncased eight-day time and strike movements enabling visitors to peer into the mechanics of a working clock. Thomas Claggett is represented by eleven clocks, while James Wady-to whom only eleven clocks are ascribed-by four clocks, including one using a convex block-and-shell pendulum door, a feature that typified Newport clocks. It featured twenty clocks by William Claggett, including his masterpiece: the arch-dial, eight-day quarter-striking clock in japanned case belonging to the Redwood. It examined the range of the Claggetts’ clock production in terms of their technical sophistication, decorative finesse, and context of fabrication.ĭrawn from a full roster of public and private collections, the exhibition included pieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brown University, The Preservation Society of Newport County, Old Sturbridge Village Collection, and the Rhode Island Historical Society. ![]() The Claggetts of Newport: Master Clockmakers in Colonial America featured 35 clocks, the largest assemblage of Claggett and Wady clocks ever brought together-many never exhibited publicly.
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