Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1972.089.006

Creator:

Manross, Prichard & CompanyClockmaker

Place of Origin:

Bristol, CT

Date:

1841-1842

Description:

Shelf Clock. Manufactured by Manross, Prichard & Company, Bristol, CT. "Ogee" type. Materials: mahogany; zinc (dial); brass (movement); secondary wood white pine. Vertically oriented rectangular door with two glazed panels -- clear glass above and reverse transfer printed and painted scene below. Lower panel slightly greater in height. Front of case, surrounding door, molded in shallow ogee curve with fillet at all four outer edges. Harbor scene depicted in lower panel labeled "View in Boston." and including Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall. Executed in black, white, gray, blue, -green and pink; blue-green border, containing acanthus scrolls, below scene. Door fastened with brass catch.
Square, painted zinc dial, beneath upper glass panel, with roman hour numerals on convex chapter ring and pierced, steel, hour and minute hands matching in design. Each spandrel decorated with a floral spray painted in orange with foliage in shades of green. Two winding holes below center of dial. Thirty-hour brass movement with strike.
Case veneered on front and sides. Top and bottom of pine. Top painted black. Weight sheaves projecting into top of case. Several nail holes in backboard. Large printed label glued to inner surface of lower backboard, reading in part: "Improved / Brass Clocks, / Made and Sold by / MANROSS, PRICHARD & CO., / BRISTOL, CONN. / WARRANTED GOOD.". Pencil and ink inscriptions on back of lower glass panel, giving names and dates of cleanings and/or repair work from 1906-35, including one in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1906: "J. B. Wilson / 1408 Elm St / Manchester NH Jan 10 1906".
Movement not marked.
Separately stored parts: pendulum bob, winding key.

Material:

Wood
Mahogany
Glass
Metal

Dimensions:

H-26.25 W-15.875 D-4.25 inches

Provenance:

This clock has the mark of Manross, Prichard & Co., Bristol, CT, and also has a repair/cleaning mark from Manchester, New Hampshire. Acquired by donor in 1952 from Lewis Foote of Goffstown, NH. 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:

Wilson, J. B., Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)