Clock, Tall Case

Object Name:

Clock, Tall Case

Object ID:

1972.089.063

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire (probably)

Date:

circa 1800

Description:

Tall Case Clock. Materials: white pine; brass (movement, gears); secondary wood white pine and assorted hardwoods (movement). Tall or long case clock with arched hood having a low crest with curving outline and flanking cast brass ball finials on plinths. Freestanding plain colonnettes at front corners, supporting cornice which is arched at center. No frieze. Glazed door having arched top and brass knob. No sidelights. Freestanding half-round colonnettes at rear corners with flat surface at back. Waist with cove molding at top and rectangular door having internal iron catch and brass rosette knob. Base with scotia molding at top and quarter-round at bottom. Painted wooden dial with arched top. Simplified fan design in each spandrel executed in blue-green, gold and red. Pink roses with blue-green foliage within oval, gilt border at center of arched top. Roman hour numerals; arabic minute numerals; a seconds dial above center. Pierced steel hour and minute hands matching in design. Two winding holes with brass grommets slightly below center of dial. Eight-day wood and brass movement with strike.
Traces of both former yellow paint and dark stain. Inside surface of doors painted red-brown. Several nail holes in backboard. Black paper tacked over top of hood. Chalk figures inside hood. Movement of wood and brass. Modern cleat fastened to backboard exterior.
Separately stored parts: two sheet iron canister weights, pendulum.

Material:

Wood
Pine
Glass
Metal
Brass
Iron

Dimensions:

H-84.5 W-20 D-11.25 inches

Provenance:

Acquired by donor in 1958 from antique dealers Lynch & Graham, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Lynch and Graham purchased the clock in Manchester, 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 (Charles S. Parsons, 1904-1988) and probably used here.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)