Clock, Wall

Object Name:

Clock, Wall

Object ID:

1972.089.031

Creator:

Bostwick & Burgess Manufacturing CompanyClockmaker

Place of Origin:

Norwalk, OH

Date:

1892-1893

Description:

Wall Clock. "Columbus" type. Exposed 30-hour wooden movement, flat pressed wooden facade, and visible torsion-bar escapement above. One-piece facade consisting of circular dial with angular projections above and below, terminating at top with a pointed tre-foil finial. Pressed features including arabic hour numerals and quarter-hour gradations on dial; bust of man in profile to right, at center of upper projection, with flanking stars and labeled "Columbus"; and "Anno / 1492" in lower projection, partly in script. Cruciform framework at back. Wooden hour hand. No minute gradations. Wooden wheel visible in central dial opening. Mounted on modern wooden stand, painted light brown. Weights stored in wooden box, with brass catch, built onto stand - one cylindrical cast iron weight, together with two acorn-shaped lead weights for balance bar.

Material:

Wood
Brass
Iron

Dimensions:

H-13.75 W-6 D-4.625 inches

Provenance:

Part of a large clock collection 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. However, no information about New Hampshire acquisition or use provided with regard to this clock.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)