18.
Fancy-Painted Dressing Table, New England, c.
1830, the surface painted to resemble rosewood and
decorated with gilt stencil and foliate designs, original
brass pulls, old surface, (minor imperfections), overall
ht. 37 1/2, wd. 31 1/2, dp. 15 1/2 in.
$800-1,19.
Federal Tiger Maple Slant-lid Desk, attributed
to Asa Loomis, Shaftsbury, Vermont, c. 1815-20,
replaced pulls, (imperfections), ht. 43, wd. 41 1/4, dp.
19 in.Provenance: Originally belonged to Lemuel Buck,
and descended in his family, Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vermont, until approximately 1992.Literature: See Robinson, p. 75; and Celebrating
Vermont, exhibition catalogue, no. 7, p. 104.Exhibitions: Celebrating Vermont: Myths and
Realities, Middlebury College, 1991.
$4,000-6,20.
Cherry Shop Wall Regulator, Levi Pitkin (1774-
1854), Montpelier, Vermont, c. 1800, the dovetailed
rectangular case with hinged glazed door, with
circular engraved brass dial inscribed “Pitkin,
Montpelier,” the inscription flanking the large minute
hand which points to the outermost ring, two smaller
dials show the hour and seconds, with eight-day
brass weight-powered movement with drop strike on
the hour, the clock intended to measure the accuracy
of clocks and watches being made or repaired in the
shop, old surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 50, wd.
15 1/2, dp. 8 in.Literature: See Zogry, p. 140, cat. no. 85.Exhibitions: The Best the Country Affords, Vermont
Furniture, 1765–1850, Bennington Museum,
Bennington, Vermont, 1995; Shelburne Museum,
Shelburne, Vermont, 1995.Note: According to Zogry, “Levi Pitkin was born in
East Hartford, Connecticut, and was apprenticed
to Daniel Burnap of Neighboring East Windsor. He
had relocated to Montpelier by 1800, bringing the
eighteenth-century Connecticut clockmaking tradition
as far north into the interior of Vermont as far as it
would ever reach.” He continues to say that similarly
used clocks were designed by Aaron Willard, Jr., and
Elnathan Taber in Boston.
$10,000-15,19