Clock, Tall Case

Object Name:

Clock, Tall Case

Object ID:

1970.043

Creator:

Hall, Ivory (1795-1880)Jeweler

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1820

Description:

Tall Case Clock. Movement made by Ivory Hall (1795-1880), Concord, NH; c. 1820. Case is made of maple, cherry, and/or birch, with pine as secondary wood. Arched top with three reeded plinths, each with a brass spired finial, with scrolled fretwork between the plinths. Reeded, free-standing columns with brass caps and bases. Glazed rectangular sidelights. Hood door is arched and glazed and of panel construction. Hole for a door pull, which is missing. Dial has an arched top and is made of enameled iron; it has Roman numerals and a seconds dial below numeral XII. Pierced iron hands of matching diamond design. Calendar disk below center, and two grommeted winding holes (just the ends of the shafts). Below center in cursive writing is "Ivory Hall / Concord / N-H". Clock face is off white. Spandrel decorations in gold, red, and green scroll designs. In arch above dial is a gold, red, and green urn design with drapery and flowers. Waist has concave molding on top and bottom. Reeded quarter-columns with brass caps and bases. The columns are supported at back with extensive use of glue blocks. Rectangular waist door, with brass escutcheon and steel lock; door is held on with two brass hinges. Pencil inscriptions on door's inner surface include: "Jan. 12.1875 / S [H] Coombs / Sept 27, 78 / March 13, 85", "A. A. Chapman / Manchester / Aug. __ ___", "Apr 11, 1888 / __ / __", "Cleaned Dec 20th 18__ / S W Greene / Feb __ 1890 / March 5, 1894 / Dec 11th 1897". Base is rectangular with slender bracket feet and a projecting or pendant demi-lune skirt. Single band of engraved floral design just above skirt. Baseboard present.

Material:

Wood
Maple
Metal
Brass
Steel
Cherry
Pine

Dimensions:

H-90.5 W-20.5 D-10.5 inches

Provenance:

Clock movement made by Ivory Hall (1795-1880), Concord, NH.
Donor's note about this clock: "My mother has told me many times that this was given to Grandfather Proctor (Alexis Proctor, 1826-1915) Franklin, NH) for settling an estate for someone. They didn't have much money and Grandfather didn't charge them anything. They insisted that he take this clock."

Credit Line:

Gift of Alexis Chapman Proctor

People:

Hall, Ivory (1795-1880), Proctor, Alexis (1826-1915), Coombs, Stephen B., Chapman, A. A., Greene, Sylvester W. (1820- ), Proctor, Alexis C. (1895-1979)

Subjects:

Clocks and watches, Tall clocks