Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1972.089.032

Creator:

Terry & Andrews

Place of Origin:

Bristol, CT/Ansonia, CT

Date:

circa 1850

Description:

Shelf Clock. Rectangular case with ogee molded cornice and a base 4 3/4" high with beveled upper edge. Cast-iron case with wite pine back and bottom. Painted gilt and inlaid mother-or-pearl decoration on front of case. Circular glass door enclosing dial having brass bezel and steel spring catch, which extends through side of case. Smaller glass door, with circular brass bezel and catch, at front of base. Decoration consists of floral arrangement below dial and borders at front edges of base and body of case. Borders have engrailed inner edges. Both iron case and wooden backboard painted black. Round, painted zinc dial with molded edge. Roman hour numerals and steel hour and minute hands matching in design; no winding holes. Eight-day brass movement with strike. Impressed mark on lyre-shaped front plate: "Terry & Andrews / Bristol, Ct / USA". Large, printed paper label glued to inner surface of lower backboard including picture of eagle and reading in part: "Made and Sold by / Terry & Andr[ews] [Ans]onia, Conn". Separately stored parts: pendulum bob, winding key.

Material:

Metal
Iron
Skeletal
Mother-of-Pearl
Wood
Glass

Dimensions:

H-13.875 W-8.5 D-3.875 inches

Provenance:

Clock made by Terry & Andrews, Bristol and Ansonia, Connecticut. Part of a large clock collection including not only clocks made in N.H., but also several made elsewhere, acquired in N.H. by the donor (Charles Parsons, 1904-1988) and probably used here. However, no information about New Hampshire acquisition or use provided with regard to this clock.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Andrews, Franklin C., Terry, Theodore ( -1881), Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)