Clock, Tall Case
- Object Name:
- Clock, Tall Case
- Object ID:
- 1972.089.066
- Creator:
- Chandler, Timothy (1762-1848)
Clockmaker ; Wilson, James (1755-1809) - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH (movement)/Birmingham, England (dial)
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Tall Case Clock. Movement made by Timothy Chandler (1762-1848) of Concord, NH. c. 1800. Materials: Birch and cherry; brass; iron (dial); secondary wood white pine. Tall or long case clock with arched hood decorated with applied, open fretwork crest and three brass spired ball finials on fluted plinths. Freestanding colonnettes at front corners, supporting cornice which is arched at center. Colonnettes have brass capitals and bases. No frieze. Engaged quarter-round colonnettes at rear corners. Glazed door having arched top, steel lock and brass escutcheon. Arched sidelights. Waist with small cove molding at top and rectangular door having internal iron catch and brass knob backed with oval plate. Base with small scotia molding at top and baseboard having molded upper edge and bottom cut to form straight bracket feet. Painted iron dial with arched top. Spandrels and center of arched top decorated with floral sprays in shades of pink, blue and yellow with green foliage. Elaborate gilt scroll designs, executed in relief, within arched top flanking spray. Gilt border designs surrounding calendar aperture and spandrel decorations. Calendar aperture and two winding holes with brass grommets below center of dial. Seconds dial above. Roman hour numerals; arabic minute numerals. Pierced, steel hour and minute hands differing in design. "WILSON" impressed on iron dial mounting plate. "WILSON. BIRM" impressed on reverse of calendar dial. Eight-day brass movement with strike. "T. CHANDLER" in downcurved mark, stamped twice on saddle board. Case decorated with rosewood graining. Paint has flaked in several areas revealing earlier red-brown stain. Several nail holes in backboard. No bottom boards in case. Several pencil inscriptions on inside of waist door and on right side of case under hood giving names and dates re. cleanings and/or repairs from 1839 to 1895: "Cleaned / June 30 1839 / Serburn Shau__", "W E. Dialand / Nov 4- 1895", "Cleaned Jan 13 186_ / L [Mooer]", "Cleaned Feb 24th 1869 / L. [Mooer]", "1872 Cleaned Feb 22nd / L[at] Mooer", "Cleaned Dec 27th 1879 / L. Mooer", "March 22- 188[4 or 9] / Cleaned by L. Mooer", "William _ Petty / July 25 1876", and "M J Elliot / __ 10 1841". Separately stored parts: winding key, two sheet iron canister weights, pendulum.
- Material:
- Wood
Glass
Metal
Birch
Brass
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-89.75 W-21 D-10.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Movement made by Major Timothy Chandler (1762-1848), Concord, N.H. Face imported from Birmingham, England, and made by James Wilson (d.1809), pre-eminent cast-iron clock face maker. Acquired by donor in 1958 from Miss Georgia Manter (1871-1973) of Londonderry, NH, whose grandfather is said to have bought it from Matthew Thornton of Thornton's Ferry (said to be M. Thornton the Signer -- see Notes field for comments).
Part of a large clock collection (and related materials) including not only clocks made in N.H., but also several made elsewhere, acquired in N.H. by the donor (Charles S. Parsons, 1904-1988) and probably used here. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles S. Parsons
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