Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1971.020.02

Creator:

Chandler, Abiel (1807-1881)Clockmaker

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1835

Description:

Shelf Clock. Made by Abiel Chandler (1807-1881), Concord, NH; c. 1835. Mahogany and white pine; brass (movement), iron (dial); glass; secondary wood is white pine. Front consisting of a vertically oriented, rectangular door with two glazed panels; decorated glass above a mirror below. Mirror twice as high as upper panel. Door has projecting corner blocks, beveled stiles and outer rails, and slightly recessed panels. Circular reserve of clear glass at center of upper panel with gilt border and surrounding reverse stenciled design of gold spiral shells and red and white foliate forms on a green ground. Door secured with brass hook. Round, painted iron dial, beneath clear glass reserve in upper door panel. Roman hour numerals and spear-shaped steel hour and minute hands. Winding hold above and to left of center. Eight-day brass movement. Wooden parts of door veneered with mahogany. Remainder of visible surface of case stained pine, with traces of former yellow paint. Beveled edges on outer surface of backboard. One large hold at center top of backboard, used in hanging clock. Several nail holes in backboard. Mirror backed with circular sawn pine. Printed paper label glued to interior of backboard, reading in part, "Warranted. / Brass Eight-Day Clocks and / Time Pieces, / Manufactured, and for sale, wholesale and retail, / by Abiel Chandler. / at the Old Stand of Timothy Chandler Main / Street, eighty rods south of the Capital, Con / cord, N.H.". Pencil inscription on inner surface of backboard, giving information re cleaning in 1881. Stored separately: pendulum bob, lead weight (rectangular).

Material:

Wood
Mahogany
Pine
Brass
Iron
Glass

Dimensions:

H-29.25 W-13.75 D-4.5 inches

Provenance:

Clock from the Donald K. Packard (1893-1974) Clock Collection. Clock has manufacturer's label of Abiel Chandler (1807-1881), Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Packard

People:

Chandler, Abiel (1807-1881), Packard, Donald (1893-1974)

Subjects:

Manufacturing