Clock, Tall Case
- Object Name:
- Clock, Tall Case
- Object ID:
- 1972.089.070
- Creator:
- Hutchins, Levi (1761-1855)
Clockmaker ; Hutchins, Abel (1763-1853) - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1786-1807
- Description:
- Tall Case Clock. Movement made by Levi & Abel Hutchins, Concord, NH; 1786-1807. Materials: cherry (case); brass (dial & movement); glass. Arched hood with broken arch pediment of concave molding, with wooden rosettes at each upper end. Two end plinths plus a central square post, each with a brass cup-and-spire finial (note that the central finial is not present as of 2006 cataloging). There is a plain frieze with an arched bottom and cock-beading along the bottom edge of the frieze. Columns, with brass caps and bases, support cornice. Arched glazed hood door, with door pull. The hood also has glazed sidelights which are rectangular with arched tops.
Brass clock face (it may have originally been silvered), and brass works. Nameplate incorporated into arch of clock face, reads: "L. & A. Hutchins / CONCORD". Face decorations are engraved, and include chevrons along outer edge, and feather designs in spandrels. Pierced metal hour and minute hands, differing designs; plain seconds hand. Calendar date dial under center, with arched viewing window; calendar dial is silvered. Two winding holes slightly below center. Seven-day brass movement with strike.
Case waist has concave molding at top and base. Rectangular door with arched top; brass escutcheon; attached with 2 hinges. Wooden latch on upper corner. Case base is rectangular, has bracket feet with carved skirt. Pencil inscriptions on the interior of the waist door reads: "C. Sweetser", "Potter D. You[ng] / 1838", and "Fuller __ 18__". There is a red star decal on the top of the inner surface of the door. Inside the waist there is a printed paper label tacked to the interior surface of the case back which reads: "Walter E. Burtt, / Watchmaker and Jeweler. / WATER ST., EXETER, N.H." and handwritten on that paper label is "May 15, 1917 / Feb. 20 1901". Handwritten in pencil on the interior surface of the side is: "W.E.Burtt / Exeter / Feb 1901".
Stored separately: center finial, due to broken plinth (as of 10/2006).
Notations on top of backboard (behind dial), interior surface: pencil inscription includes "4" plus illegible loops - unclear if cursive writing, or possible design sketch. Scribed layout lines on exterior of backboard. - Material:
- Wood
Cherry
Metal
Brass
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-86.25 W-21.625 D-10.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Clock made by the partnership of brothers Levi (1761-1855) & Abel (1763-1853) Hutchins; the two were clockmakers together 1786-1807. Wooden case is of the style attributed to either David Young or Asa Kimball.
Acquired by donor -- Charles S. Parsons (1904-1988) -- in 1967 from E.B. Burt, Exeter, N.H., who acquired it from antique dealer Richard Mills, Exeter, N.H.
Part of a large clock collection (and related materials) including not only clocks made in N.H., but also several made elsewhere, acquired in N.H. by the donor and probably used here. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles S. Parsons
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