Amos Doolittle Painted Clock Face

Amos Doolittle Painted Clock Face

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $2,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Brunk Auctions[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$500[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]Jul 16, 2022[/restrict]

early paint decorated wood panel clock face, inscribed "Amos Doolittle" (American, 1754-1832), with roman numerals and numbering, painted foliate border and village scene, 16 x 12 in.

Note: Amos Doolittle was an early engraver and silversmith, living and working mainly in Connecticut. The village scene on this painted clock face is stylistically similar to various scenes in Doolittle's famous engraving from 1794 A Display of the United States of America.

Provenance: Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum