Clock, Shelf
- Object Name:
- Clock, Shelf
- Object ID:
- 1972.089.021
- Creator:
- Waterbury Clock Company
Clockmaker - Place of Origin:
- Waterbury, CT
- Date:
- 1860-1890
- Description:
- Shelf Clock. "Cottage" type. Materials: rosewood, mahogany, cherry; glass; paper (dial); brass (movement); secondary woods tulip poplar and white pine. Rectangular case with base having rounded upper edge. Base is 1.5" wider and 1" deeper than body of case. Vertically oriented rectangular door with two glazed panels -- clear glass above and decorated glass below. Door projects slightly and has beveled stiles and outer rails. Convex molding along sides and top surrounding door. Upper glass panel more than twice as high as lower panel. Latter has reverse transfer-printed floral design in oval arrangement executed in pin, green, blue-green and white on a blue ground. Door secured with a brass spring catch.
Square treated paper dial, with tin-plate backing, beneath upper glass panel. Roman hour numeral; pierced steel hour and minute hands matching in design; a winding hole above and to left of center; metal alarm dial. Monogram "SEJ" in circle below center of dial. Thirty-hour brass alarm movement.
Front of case and sides have been veneered with rosewood; top with cherry and sides with mahogany. Large printed paper label glued to inner surface of lower backboard, reading in part: "WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY, / WATERBURY, CONN.".
Separately stored parts: pendulum bob, winding key, piece of veneer. - Material:
- Wood
Rosewood
Glass
Metal
Brass
Tissue - Dimensions:
- H-11.625 W-8.75 D-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Clock made by the Waterbury Clock Co., Waterbury, CT. Clock is part of a large clock (and related materials) collection, including not only clocks made in New Hampshire, but also several made elsewhere, acquired in New Hampshire by the donor (Charles S. 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:
- Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)
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