Clock, Tall Case
- Object Name:
- Clock, Tall Case
- Object ID:
- 1972.089.071
- Creator:
- Cate, Simeon (1790-1835)
Clockmaker ; Conner, Caroline (1788-1837)Artist - Place of Origin:
- Sanbornton, NH
- Date:
- 1815-1825
- Description:
- Tall Case Clock. Movement made by Simeon Cate (1790-1835), Face attributed to Caroline Conner (1788-1837); Sanbornton, NH; 1815-1825. Materials: white pine (case); other woods (movement, dial); glass; metal. Wooden case with flat top hood. Cornice has three reeded and capped plinths (no finials), with scrolled fret-work between plinths. Plain frieze below cornice, with flat top and arched bottom. Free standing plain turned columns on either side of hood door; attached quarter-columns in rear. Hood door is arched and glazed. Door pull is at the bottom of the door, and is a small brass knob (the hood door is not hinged, but is lifted up and slid out at the bottom). Wooden 30-hour movement, with strike. Painted wooden dial with arched top. Dial has painted roman hour numerals; pierced metal hour and minute hands, of same design. Small seconds dial, with arabic numerals, above center; seconds hand present. "S. CATE." painted below center. No winding holes. Arch decorated with an eagle, with 13 stars above in arch pattern, and 4 additional stars above in horizontal line. Eagle is sitting on a box that appears to have Native American symbolism (birch bark pattern; drum; triangular pattern); flags on either side of eagle; objects to sides of box unidentified. Leaf and vine designs in each spandrel. Concave molding on top and bottom of waist. Rectangular waist door, with molded brass pendant door pull on a brass rectangular plate with rounded ends. Matching plate on inside of door. Pull attached with brass screw and several nuts which hold on a turning lever. Rectangular box base, bracket feet, double arched skirt. Bottom board present. The clock has a dark red/brown stain on the exterior, as well as on inner surface of waist door. Parts stored separately:
A. Weight. Tn canister with wood plug at top. 7" high x 3" diam. 6 lb. 10 oz.
B. Weight. Tin canister with wood plug at top. 6.7" high x 2.4" diam. 3 lb. 7 oz.
C. Pendulum. Wooden rod. Brass-faced lead bob, 4" diam. 33" long to center of bob; 35.5" long overall. - Material:
- Wood
Pine
Glass
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-85.625 W-20.625 D-9.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Clock with maker's name of Simeon Cate, Jr. (1790-1835), of Sanbornton, NH, though it is possible that the movement may have been made by someone else in Cate's shop (Demetrius Holcomb and Romanta Peck were both known to have worked at Cate's shop in the 1810s and 1820s, and were both related to Cate by marriage). Painted dial was likely painted by Caroline Conner, who worked for Cate.
Acquired by donor -- Charles S. Parsons (1904-1988) -- in 1957 at Wing's Antique Shop, Concord, N.H. 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 and probably used here. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles S. Parsons
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