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Maker(s):Bliss, Pelatiah
Culture:American (1770-1826)
Title:clock
Date Made:circa 1800
Type:Timekeeping; Furniture
Materials:wood: cherry; base metal: brass, iron; paint
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts: Springfield
Measurements:Overall: 95 1/4 in.; 241.935 cm
Narrative Inscription:  labeled inside front door: "PELATIAH BLISS,/A few rods north of Z.& T. Stebbins' Store/Springfield;Ms./CARRIES ON THE/Cabinet Business,/IN ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES." Graphite inscription on the inside front door: "Made at Osborne's / Manufactory / Birmingham"
Accession Number:  HD 2020.2.1
Credit Line:Museum Collections Fund
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Tall case clock with cherry case and 8-day movement. Labeled inside front door: "PELATIAH BLISS,/A few rods north of Z.& T. Stebbins' Store/Springfield;Ms./CARRIES ON THE/Cabinet Business,/IN ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES" Other labeled objects made by Bliss include an inlaid card table acquired by the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum in 1973 but since deaccessioned (current whereabouts unknown), a chest of drawers owned in 1930 by a Mrs. Frederick A.C. Baker of Maplewood, NJ (published in Antiques February 1930), and a swing-leg card table with a partial label in the collection of the Springfield Museums (CVHM-79.1).

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