Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1972.089.008

Creator:

Terry & AndrewsClockmaker; Ansonia Clock CompanyClockmaker

Place of Origin:

Bristol, CT/Ansonia, CT

Date:

1842-1854

Description:

Shelf Clock. Made by Terry & Andrews, Bristol, CT; 1842-1854. Materials: Rosewood, mahogany; zinc (dial); brass (movement); secondary wood white pine. Ogee type, with mirror vertically oriented, rectangular door wit two glazed panels -- clear glass above and mirror below. Lower panel slightly greater in height. Front of case, surrounding door, molded in shallow ogee curve with a convex molding along all four outer edges. Door has concave molded stiles and rails and fastens with a brass catch. Square, painted zinc dial, beneath upper glass panel, with roman hour numerals on convex chapter ring and steel hour and minute hands, differing in design. Each spandrel decorated with a floral spray painted in blue and white with green foliage. Two winding holes below center of dial. Thirty-hour brass movement, stamped "TERRY & AND[REWS] / BRISTOL, C[ONN.] / TT" with strike. Front of case veneered with rosewood, sides veneered with mahogany; top and bottom of pine. Weight sheaves projecting into top of case. Three nail holes at center of backboard. Large printed label glued to inner surface of lower backboard, with woodcut view of factory, labeled "PATENT BRASS CLOCKS, / MANUFACTURED BY THE / ANSONIA CLOCK COMPANY, ANSONIA, CONN. / WARRANTED GOOD.". Circular saw marks evident on most of the pine elements. Mirror backed with pine on which is a printed and handwritten paper label reading in part: "Cleaned and Repaired / by E. L. Fisher, / New Boston, N.H. / Dec. 28, 1876. / Mar 6, 84.". Separately stored: pendulum bob, winding key.

Material:

Wood
Rosewood
Glass
Metal

Dimensions:

H-25.75 W-15.375 D-4.125 inches

Provenance:

Clock with maker's marks of Terry & Andrews (1840s, Bristol, CT) and its successor company, Ansonia Clock Co. (1850-1854). Clock cleaned/repaired by Elwyn L. Fisher (1859-1891), New Boston, NH, 1870s and 1880s. 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.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Fisher, Elwyn L. (1859-1891), Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)

Subjects:

Manufacturing