Clock, Mirror

Object Name:

Clock, Mirror

Object ID:

1972.089.106

Creator:

Forbes & TuckerClockmaker

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1841

Description:

Mirror Clock. Made by Forbes & Tucker, Concord, NH; c.1841. Materials: mahogany (case); tulip poplar (dial); secondary wood white pine; assorted hardwoods (movement). Vertically oriented rectangular door with two glazed panels -- clear glass above and mirror below. Upper panel 9.75" in height, lower panel 13 3/4". Case with canted front corners, flared cornice and rectangular base. Door fastened with brass catch. Square painted wooden dial, beneath upper glass panel, with roman hour numerals and pierced, steel and hour and minute hands matching in design. Painted gilt decoration, partly in relief, including spandrel decoration and border around center of dial, both largely composed of teardrop-shaped elements and dots. Two winding holes with brass grommets below center of dial. Terry-type, thirty-hour wooden movement with strike. Case veneered. Mirror backed with circular sawn pine. Several nail holes in backboard. Weight sheaves projecting through top of clock. Dial probably tulip popular. Large printed label glued to inner surface of lower backboard, reading in part: "New Clock / Factory / ' Time Flies.' / Improved / brass Bushed / Clocks, / Manufactured and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by / Forbes & Tucker, / Concord, N. H. / 1841", printed by Asa McFarland of Concord. Figure "27" in chalk on outer surface of backboard. Horizontal wooden cleat on back attached with pointless screw. Separately stored parts: pendulum bob, winding key, two cast iron weights (rectangular).

Material:

Wood
Mahogany
Poplar
Pine
Brass
Iron
Glass

Dimensions:

H-29.25 W-17.75 D-6 inches

Provenance:

Clock with manufacturer/seller mark of Wells Forbes (1812-1880) and John Tucker, Concord, NH. It is likely that the clock parts were manufactured in Connecticut, and assembled by Forbes & Tucker. Part of a large clock collection (and related materials) including not only clocks made in NH, but also several made elsewhere, acquired in NH by the donor (Charles S. Parsons, 1904-1988) and probably used here.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Forbes, Wells (1812-1880), Tucker, John, McFarland, Asa (1804-1879), Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)

Subjects:

Manufacturing