Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1972.089.028

Creator:

Ingraham, Elias CompanyClockmaker

Place of Origin:

Bristol, CT

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Shelf Clock. Pressed oak in Ingraham's "Gila" pattern. Rectangular case with thin projecting side and top pieces, forming a facade having an elaborately shaped outline. Quarter-round molded base below both main case and side pieces. Vertically oriented, rectangular, glazed door with three-sided top. Low relief design of scrolls, paterae, and stylized flowers covering entire front surface of base and projecting top and side pieces. Reverse transfer-printed design in gold against clear ground on lower part of door, showing a perspective view of an interior with draped archway in distance at center. Upper edge of scene incurved to correspond with lower edge of circular dial. Door secured with iron spring catch. Ends and top of case have reeded strip at center. A steel and glass barometer attached to front of left sidepiece; glass and brass plated thermometer in corresponding position at right. Round printed paper dial rimmed and backed with tin plate. Roman hour numerals; Arabic day-of-the-month numerals; steel, hour and minute hands of differing design; steel calendar hand, with moon-shaped terminal, painted red; two winding holes, with brass grommets, below center of dial. Printed mark at lower edge of dial: "MANUFACTURED BY THE E. INGRAHAM CO./ BRISTOL, CT U.S.A.". Eight-day brass movement with strike. Impressed marks on front plate: "E. Ingraham Co. / Bristol, Ct. U.S.A.," "04", and "9". Gold lacquer and tin plating on bezel worn off almost completely. Printed red paper label on outer surface of backboard, reading in part: "GILA / MANUFACTURED BY THE E. INGRAHAM CO., / Bristol, Conn., U.S.A.". Illegible pencil inscription also on backboard. Inner surface of backboard painted black; outer surface stained. Top of case painted black. Separately stored parts: elaborate brass pendulum bob (stored in the case as of 7/2006); winding key.

Material:

Wood
Oak
Glass
Metal
Brass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-22.5 W-14.75 D-4.875 inches

Provenance:

Part of a large clock collection including not only clocks made in NH, but also several made elsewhere, acquired in NH, by the donor and probably used here. However, no information about New Hampshire acquisition or use provided with regard to this clock.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Ingraham, Edward (1830-1892), Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)