Clock, Wall
- Object Name:
- Clock, Wall
- Object ID:
- 1972.089.034
- Creator:
- Cross, James (1794-1867)
Clockmaker - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1839
- Description:
- Wall Clock. Made by James Cross (1794-1867), Rochester, NH; 1839. "Banjo" type. Brass, spired ball finial on an ogee molded plinth; circular glass door, enclosing dial, having mahogany bezel; scrolled mahogany side brackets; glass throat and lower door panels in veneered, beveled frames. Panels decorated with reverse painting in shades of blue, green, orange, brown, and gold. Enframed architectural scene in lower door panel labeled "Mount Vernon". Throat glass decorated with a panel, containing oak leaves and acorns, above a scrolled foliage motif. Blue and gold scalloped borders surrounding both architectural scene and oak leaf design. Area of glass panels surrounding decoration painted off-white. Each door fastened with an iron wire hook. Round, painted and gilded iron dial with roman hour numerals and steel hour and minute hands matching in design. "[Ja]mes Cross, / R[oches]ter, N.H." in black script below center of dial. Winding hole above and to right of center. Eight-day brass movement. Iron hanger. Two nails holes in lower backboard. Panel frames of mahogany with mahogany veneer. Bottom of case stained pine. Side brackets supported by iron braces. Paper label inside lower case with hand-written Roman numeral "XIV". Lower door backed with paper. Glass panels probably replacements. "Sanborn" written in pencil on back of lower door frame. Lead weight (separately stored) has scratched inscription: "J H Cross / Rochester NH / January 26 1839" in script. Separately stored parts: winding key, weight (rectangular), pendulum.
- Material:
- Glass
Wood
Mahogany
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-32.75 W-10.125 Dia-3.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Clock with the mark of clockmaker James Cross (1794-1867) of Rochester, NH. Acquired (by trade) by donor, Charles Parsons (1904-1988) in 1968 from Herschel Burt of Exeter, NH, who had obtained it from Bernard Grassie (1916-2002), in Rochester, NH. 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.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles S. Parsons
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