Clock, Tall Case
- Object Name:
- Clock, Tall Case
- Object ID:
- 1977.007.06
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Tall Case Clock. Colonial Revival. Materials: pine; cherry; brass. Hood has broken-pediment top, with three ball-and-spire brass finials. Thin brass scroll ornaments in corners of glazed hood door. Door is held with two brass hinges, and has hook-and-eye closure. Dial is silk-screened paperboard, with serif Arabic numerals. The corner spandrel designs are in red, gold and black. The number 1753 is below the hands. The minute and hour hands are steel and of matching spear-shaped design. There are two winding holes below the center and they are grommeted. The dial board is screwed to the face plate; written on the face plate (hidden by the hood door) is the number "718". The waist has a rectangular waist door which is stained dark. It is glazed and has beveled edges. It also has a brass door knob which turns to lock. There is a bottom board at the base of the waist on which the number "718" also appears. Taped to the backboard is a wooden pendulum rod and inside the waist is a brass winding key and a brass-faced pendulum bob (3.5" diam). The waist has concave molding at the top and bottom, and has chamfered edges. The base is rectangular and of panel construction. There are molded brass decorations applied to the panel, the central decoration of which is a column encircled with laurel leaves. In each corner of the panel is an applied brass sprig of flowers. The edges of the base are chamfered.
- Material:
- Wood
Cherry
Metal
Brass
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-98 W-19 D-10.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Clock originally awarded to Arthur Sturtevant (1865-1953), father of the donor, for selling a required amount of tea from the Grand Union Tea Company; Arthur Sturtevant ran a grocery store. The family used the clock at their summer cottage at Lake Sunapee.
After Arthur's death, the clock became the property of Foster E. Sturtevant (1898-1979). Foster used the clock in his West Hartford, CT. home (by 1858), and later in his Avon, CT. home (moved in 1968). (See Notes field for Foster's description). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Foster E. Sturtevant
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