Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1972.089.043

Creator:

Collins, James (1801-1882)Clockmaker

Place of Origin:

Goffstown, NH

Date:

circa 1830

Description:

Shelf Clock. Attributed to James Collins (1801-1882), Goffstown, NH; c. 1830. Materials: birch and unidentified wood; glass; iron (dial); brass (movement); secondary wood white pine. Vertically oriented rectangular door extending full width of clock between slightly round-edged cornice and matching base. Scrolled pediment with flanking plinths. Stiles of door decorated on face with applied split balusters of relatively low relief and applied corer blocks. Balusters composed of flattened ball and cylindrical turnings. Ball turnings bronzed; cylindrical turnings, corner blocks and pediment painted black. Remainder of visible surface of case unpainted. Two panels in glazed door -- decorated glass above and mirror below. Mirror twice as high as upper panel. Circular reserve of clear glass at center of upper panel with surrounding reverse stenciled design of stylized foliage in red, green, gold and silver on a black ground. Door fastened with angular brass hook. Round iron painted dial beneath clear glass reserve in upper door panel. Roman hour numerals and steel hour and minute hands differing in design. A winding hole at each side of center. Eight-day brass movement with strike. Wood of turnings and blocks unidentified. Central door rail of stained pine. Iron hanger. Several nail holes in lower backboard. Scratched inscription: "Striking" on one weight (in same hand as on weight of signed Collins clock, Acc. No. 1972.089.075). Separately stored parts: winding key, pendulum bob, two sheet iron canister weights (rectangular).

Material:

Wood
Birch
Pine
Brass
Iron
Glass

Dimensions:

H-31.25 W-13.125 D-3.875 inches

Provenance:

Clock movement attributed to James Collins (1801-1882), Goffstown, NH. Clock acquired by donor -- Charles S. Parsons (1904-1988) -- in 1960 from J. Robert Lynch & William Graham, antiques dealers in Haverhill, MA. Part of a large clock collection (and related materials) including not only clocks made in N.H., but also several made elsewhere, acquired in N.H. by the donor and probably used here.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Collins, James (1801-1882), Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)

Subjects:

Manufacturing