Clock, Mirror

Object Name:

Clock, Mirror

Object ID:

1972.089.048

Creator:

Noyes, Leonard W. (1799-1867)Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Nashua, NH

Date:

1832-1838

Description:

Mirror Clock. Made by Leonard W. Noyes (1799-1867), Nashua, NH; 1832-1838. Materials: mahogany and white pine; brass (movement), iron (dial); glass; secondary wood white pine. Front consisting of a vertically oriented rectangular door having two recessed glass panels set within a shallow ovolo molded framework. Lower looking glass panel is twice as high as decorated glass panel above. Circular reserve of clear glass at center of upper panel with gilt border and surrounding reverse stenciled design with simplified gilt anthemion in spandrels, each on a triangular grass-green patch spotted with red against a blue ground. Door fastened with brass hook. Round painted iron dial, beneath clear glass reserve in upper door panel. Roman hour numerals and pierced, steel hour and minute hands matching in design. A winding hole above and to the right of center. "Warranted by L. W. Noyes," in partially legible black script below center of dial. Eight-day brass movement. Face of door veneered with mahogany. Remainder of outer surface stained pine. Mirror backed with pine. Interior and back of case stained. Has wooden weight guides. Iron hanger. Four nail holes in backboard. Separately stored parts: winding key, cast iron weight (rectangular), pendulum.

Material:

Mahogany
Pine
Brass
Iron
Glass

Dimensions:

H-29.875 W-14.75 D-4.125 inches

Provenance:

Clock with label of Leonard W Noyes, Nashua, NH, manufacturer, 1832-1838. Acquired by donor in 1956 from Edwin B. Burt of Auburndale, MA. Part of a large clock collection (and related materials) including not only clocks made in NH, but also several made elsewhere, acquired in NH by the donor (Charles S. Parsons, 1904-1988) and probably used here.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Noyes, Leonard W. (1799-1867), Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)

Subjects:

Manufacturing