Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1972.089.054

Creator:

Dutton, David (1792-1882)Clockmaker

Place of Origin:

Mont Vernon, NH

Date:

circa 1845

Description:

Shelf Clock. Made by David Dutton (1792-1882), Mont Vernon, NH; c. 1845. Vertically oriented, rectangular door with two glazed panels--clear glass above and mirror below. Lower panel slightly greater in height. Front of case, surrounding recessed door, beveled, with fillet at all four outer edges. Door fastened with brass catch. Square, painted wooden dial, beneath upper glass panel, with roman hour numerals and pierced steel hour and minute hands matching in design. Painted gilt decoration, partly in relief in spandrels, consisting of stylized flowers. Three winding holes with brass grommets below center of dial. Brass alarm dial. Terry-type, thirty-hour wooden movement with strike and alarm. Case veneered in front and sides with mahogany. Top and bottom of pine. Stiles and rails of door veneered with ash. Top of case painted black. Weight sheave projecting into top of clock. Five nail holes in lower backboard. Dial probably tulip poplar. Large printed label glued to inner surface of lower backboard, reading in part: "Improved / Clocks / Manufactured and Sold by / David Dutton / Mont Vernon, N.H." Printed by "L. Huntress, Printer, Lowell." MIrror back with white pine on which are inscriptions giving names and dates of cleanings, and / or repairs from 1852 (?) to 1884 (?). Inner wooden surfaces of door stained orange. Separately stored parts: pendulum bob, winding key, two cast iron weights (cylindrical) (see Notes field regarding change in status of clock weights).

Material:

Wood
Mahogany
Ash
Pine
Brass
Iron
Glass

Dimensions:

H-26.375 W-15.375 D-4.875 inches

Provenance:

Mirror clock with manufacturer's label of David Dutton (1792-1882), Mont Vernon, NH.
Acquired by donor -- Charles S. Parsons (1904-1988) -- in 1952 from a New Hampshire antique dealer. 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:

Dutton, David (1792-1882), Huntress, Leonard (1811-1885), Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)

Subjects:

Manufacturing