Clock, Shelf
- Object Name:
- Clock, Shelf
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.27
- Creator:
- Johnson, W. N. & Company
Retailer ; Ingraham, Elias CompanyClockmaker - Place of Origin:
- New York, NY (case)/Bristol, CT (clock works)
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Shelf Clock. "Steeple" clock type. Steep, gable top; straight sides; and plain base. Vertically oriented door, basically rectangular in shape with pointed top. Two glass panels in door--a five-sided clear panel above and a rectangular decorated panel below. Convex-molded pilasters flanking door. A pointed, cone-shaped finial on a rectangular plinth above each pilaster. Lower glass panel decorated with a reverse stenciled pattern--a pot of flowers, executed in yellow, white, orange, blue, green and gold, at center on clear glass ground, within lozenge-shaped yellow, gold and white border. Stylized gilt floral designs in spandrels on light blue ground. Door fastened with iron catch. Stiles and outer rails of door beveled. Five-sided, painted zinc dial with pointed top, beneath upper glass panel. Roman hour numerals; pierced, steel, hour and minute hands matching in design; two winding holes slightly below center of dial. Eight-day brass movement with strike. Impressed marks on front plate: "E. INGRAHAM CO / BRISTOL CT [US]A", "12" and "29". Finials mahogany. Remainder of case veneered with mahogany. Several nail holes in backboard. Large printed label glued to inner surface of backboard reading in part: "CLOCKS AND LOOKING GLASSES, / OF ALL KINDS, MADE AND SOLD BY / W.N. JOHNSON & CO. 35 JOHN -ST. N.Y." Movement and bell are replacements.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany
Glass
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-20 W-10.125 D-4.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro), between 1895 and 1913.
- Credit Line:
- The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
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