My most recent article for Incollect magazine on the John Hoff clock and case made in 1768 in the Dietrich American furniture collection is available online and will be out in a print edition shortly. You can see it here:
Next week after the opening of Overlap, I will write another post about this clock and case and related objects made by this cabinetshop.
In Proportion to the Trouble 
Have you ever seen an 18th c clock finial constructed from pewter?
No I haven’t. It would be pretty heavy! Even if partially hollow.