The Furniss Family Very Rare Queen Anne Figured Walnut Tall Case ClockWorks by William FurnissMill Creek Hundred, DelawareCirca 1739-1749 The brass engraved and silvered dial has a seconds register and a date aperture. Dial inscribed William Furniss Milcrick.Height 81 3/4 in. by Width 21 1/2 in. by Depth 11 3/4 in.ProvenanceDescended through the Furness family of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Rev. William Henry Furness, Medford, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1802-1896) a prominent Unitarian minister and abolitionist; Frank Heyling Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1839-1912) an acclaimed American architect of the Victorian era and winner of the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Trevilian Station, Virginia, on June 12, 1864, son; Theodore Fassit Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son; Fanney Fassit Furness Green, daughter; Furness family descendant; Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 22 and 23, 2010, sale 8608, lot 473.Catalogue noteWilliam Furniss is one of Delaware's earliest clockmakers. A closely related Furniss clock with an arched dial is illustrated in Philip Zimmerman, Delaware Clocks, (Dover, DE: The Briggs Museum of American Art, 2006), p. 8, no 1. Milcrick stands for today Mill Creek Hundred which is the name of an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Mill Creek Hundred is that portion of New Castle County that lies north and east of White Clay Creek and west of Red Clay Creek. It was formed from Christiana Hundred in 1710 and was named for Mill Creek that flows through its center.
The Furniss Family Very Rare Queen Anne Figured Walnut Tall Case ClockWorks by William FurnissMill Creek Hundred, DelawareCirca 1739-1749 The brass engraved and silvered dial has a seconds register and a date aperture. Dial inscribed William Furniss Milcrick.Height 81 3/4 in. by Width 21 1/2 in. by Depth 11 3/4 in.ProvenanceDescended through the Furness family of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Rev. William Henry Furness, Medford, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1802-1896) a prominent Unitarian minister and abolitionist; Frank Heyling Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1839-1912) an acclaimed American architect of the Victorian era and winner of the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Trevilian Station, Virginia, on June 12, 1864, son; Theodore Fassit Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son; Fanney Fassit Furness Green, daughter; Furness family descendant; Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 22 and 23, 2010, sale 8608, lot 473.Catalogue noteWilliam Furniss is one of Delaware's earliest clockmakers. A closely related Furniss clock with an arched dial is illustrated in Philip Zimmerman, Delaware Clocks, (Dover, DE: The Briggs Museum of American Art, 2006), p. 8, no 1. Milcrick stands for today Mill Creek Hundred which is the name of an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Mill Creek Hundred is that portion of New Castle County that lies north and east of White Clay Creek and west of Red Clay Creek. It was formed from Christiana Hundred in 1710 and was named for Mill Creek that flows through its center.
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