Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1971.020.01

Creator:

Wingate, Frederick (1782-1864)

Place of Origin:

Augusta, ME

Date:

circa 1830

Description:

Shelf Clock. Attributed to Frederick Wingate (1782-1864), Augusta, Maine; c. 1830. Primary materials: birch, white pine, and unidentified wood; iron (dial); glass; brass (movement). Secondary wood: white pine. Front consisting of a vertically oriented rectangular door having outer framework decorated on face with applied split balusters and applied projecting corner blocks. Baluster turnings of ring and cylindrical types, gilded and painted black respectively. Remainder of case painted black except for sides, which have been stripped. Stamped brass medallion applied to front of each corner block. Two panels in glazed door; decorated glass above and mirror below. Mirror is almost twice as high as upper panel. Circular reserve of clear glass at center of upper panel with gilt border and surrounding reverse stenciled design of stylized flowers and foliage in red, blue, gold, and silver on an alternating black and gold ground. Door fastened with brass spring catch. Round, painted iron dial, beneath clear glass reserve in upper door panel. Roman hour numerals and dart-shaped, steel, hour and minute hands. Winding hole at each side of center. Eight-day brass movement with strike. Wood of turnings unidentified. Sides of case birch; remainder white pine. Iron hanger. Several nail holes in backboard. Weight sheaves projecting through top of clock. Wooden weight guides, fronts of which are painted red. Bottom of guides and center of case bottom reduced in thickness at inner edge to allow for swing of pendulum. Mirror backed with pine.Pencil inscriptions on outer surface of backboard reading: "Fagg" and "Miss Fagg". Stored separately: pendulum bob, winding key, two cast iron rectangular weights.

Material:

Wood
Glass
Birch
Pine
Brass
Iron

Dimensions:

H-29.875 W-14.125 D-5.125 inches

Provenance:

Clock from the Donald K. Packard (1893-1974) Clock Collection. This clock has been attributed to Frederick Wingate, of Augusta Maine, on the basis of the similarity of the movement to another in the Packard collection. The name "Miss Fagg" is written on the back of the clock; as of the 1820 census, the only Fagg families in New England were in Maine, one within 35 miles of Augusta.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Packard

People:

Wingate, Frederick (1781-1864), Packard, Donald (1893-1974)

Subjects:

Manufacturing