Clock, Shelf

Object Name:

Clock, Shelf

Object ID:

1971.020.07

Creator:

Chadwick, Joseph (1787-1868)

Place of Origin:

Boscawen, NH

Date:

circa 1830

Description:

Shelf Clock. Attributed to Joseph Chadwick (1787-1868), Boscawen, NH; c. 1830. Materials: white pine and unidentified wood; glass; iron (dial); brass (movement). 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. Split balusters gilded; remainder of outer surface painted brown. A stamped brass medallion applied to the 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 stencilled foliate design in red and green on a gold ground. Door fastened with iron wire hook set low on case. Round, painted iron dial, beneath clear glass reserve in upper door panel. Arabic hour numerals and dart-shaped, steel, hour and minute hands. A winding hole above and to left of center. Eight-day brass movement. Wood of turnings unidentified. Brass hanger. Two nail holes in lower backboard. Mirror backed with white pine. Several pencil inscriptions inside case. One on inside of top, in 19th-century handwriting reading: "J. Christie" (Jesse Christie). Modern inscription inside backboard reading in part: "Bot 1930 / Mrs. Safford / Fitchburg / Made by / J. Chadwick / Boscawen". Information re cleanings and/or repairs in 1860's by "H.B. Wicom" (Harvey B. Wicom) written on mirror backing. Several small cracks in backboard. Traces of earlier coat of yellow paint. Medallions gilded. Separately stored parts: one lead weight (rectangular), pendulum.

Material:

Wood
Hardwood
Pine
Brass
Iron
Glass

Dimensions:

H-29.5 W-13.75 D-4.5 inches

Provenance:

Clock from the Donald K. Packard (1893-1974) Clock Collection. Clock attributed to either Joseph Chadwick (1787-1868) of Boscawen, or James Collins (1801-1882) of Goffstown. Inscriptions of Jesse Christie (1799-1890) and Harvey B. Wicom (1825-1901) inside; both resided in Goffstown, N.H., Wicom was a watch and clock repairer. Also inscription of Mrs. Safford, Fitchburg. This person was probably an early 20th-century owner of the clock, but she has not yet been identified.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Packard

People:

Christie, Jesse (1799-1890), Wicom, Harvey B. (1825-1901), Chadwick, Joseph (1787-1868), Packard, Donald (1893-1974), Collins, James (1801-1882)

Subjects:

Manufacturing