Tall Case Clock
ca. 1800
93 1/2 x 21 x 10 3/8 in. (237.5 x 53.3 x 26.4 cm)
Simon Willard
United States
(Grafton, MA, 1753 – 1848, Roxbury, MA)
Object Type:
Furniture
Medium and Support:
Mahogany, glass, brass and painted face
Credit Line:
Bequest of Jean Craig
Accession Number:
2006.37
Location: Not currently on view
This classic ‘grandfather clock’ was handed down through many generations of the Cooper family of Massachusetts and Maine. In 1974, it was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Craig, who bequeathed it to the Memorial Art Gallery after Mrs. Craig’s death in 2006.
[Gallery label text, 2007]