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He was a staunch Loyalist and the last warden of King's Chapel before it turned Unitarian. Deblois was an addresser of Governor Thomas Hutchinson in 1774 and of General Thomas Gage in 1775. In 1776 he left Boston for Halifax and later sailed to England where he died in 1791 at the age of 63."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Tall case clocks","Floor clocks"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Longcase clocks"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Auction catalog: Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Folk Paintings (October 25, 1992), sale 6350, lot 389."},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Descended through the family of Gilbert Deblois. Louis (or Lewis) Deblois (married to Martha); Leonard Wesson (married to Sarah Carver Nye); James L. Wesson (married to Caroline Stevens); Herbert W. Wesson (married to Charlotte Deblois Atwood); Leonard Wesson (married to Helen Louise Allen); James A. Wesson (married Jessie Campbell). Offered at auction by Sotheby's New York, 10/25/1992, sale 6350, lot 389."},{"label":"Associated Objects","value":"Similar to DAPC_1990-0294. Allegedly one of two cases (including this one) made in the same shop and associated with George Glinn. This one is not marked by Glinn, but the other is, hence the attribution."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 96 in. (243.8 cm), Width 21.75 in. (55.2 cm), Depth 10.5 in. (26.7 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"Queen Anne-style eight day movement, tall case clock made of mahogany.  The hood is an overhanging flat top with two acorn finials at the front corners and just below is a molded arched cornice. A glazed tombstone door with an astragal top, flanked by freestanding Corinthian, stop-fluted columns opens to reveal the clock face. The composite dial is marked with Roman and Arabic numerals. The spandrels and lunette are applied cast ornament, engraved and gilded. A silent-strike dial is in the lunette. A seconds dial is within the chapter ring. Winding holes flank the calendar aperture. The dial is inscribed: [Marm Storr London].  The base of the hood has decorative molding. The trunk door has an astragal top and is hinged with a shaped escutcheon on the left-hand side. Fluted columns with carved capitals flank the door. Stepped ogee and ovolo molding is the base of the trunk and takes a blockfront profile.  The blockfront base has a shaped bottom trim with s-curve molding. The clock sits on short cabriole legs and intricately carved winged claw-and-ball feet."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"7/20/2018"},{"label":"Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions","value":"Dial inscribed: [Marm Storrs London]."},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Gilding; Glass; Unidentified metal"},{"label":"Style","value":["Queen Anne"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date range provided by Sotheby's, New York (October 1992), sale 6350, lot 320."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1750 - D:00 M:00 Y:1755"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"George Glinn was active in Boston as a cabinetmaker about 1750-1755. Marmaduke Storr was a clockmaker active in London about 1724-1775."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts; London, England"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Case attributed to Glinn based on similarity to DAPC_1990-0294. The dial is inscribed by Storr."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Storr, Marmaduke, clockmaker, active in London about 1724-1775","Glinn, George, cabinetmaker, active about 1750-1755"]},{"label":"Other Name","value":"Long case clock; Grandfather clock; Grandfather's clock; Longcase clock; Tall clock"},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Clock"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Household accessories"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Tall case clock"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"7/20/2018"}],"description":"Tall case clock","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/acdce5bc-50b8-46d2-b442-1ab65ee0c5bf/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Tall case clock","height":1500,"width":386,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/acdce5bc-50b8-46d2-b442-1ab65ee0c5bf/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/acdce5bc-50b8-46d2-b442-1ab65ee0c5bf","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":386},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/acdce5bc-50b8-46d2-b442-1ab65ee0c5bf/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/acdce5bc-50b8-46d2-b442-1ab65ee0c5bf/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/acdce5bc-50b8-46d2-b442-1ab65ee0c5bf/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}