Clock, Wall
- Object Name:
- Clock, Wall
- Object ID:
- 1972.505.04 a
- Creator:
- Chandler, Timothy (1762-1848) -- Jeweler
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire or Vermont (possibly)
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Wall Clock. Gallery/Banjo form. Attributed to Timothy Chandler (1762-1848) of Concord, NH, c. 1820. Materials: mahogany; brass; birch; secondary woods mahogany and white pine. Cast brass eagle-on-ball finial (b) on molded plinth; circular glass door enclosing dial having mahogany bezel and brass spring catch; glass throat and lower door panels in convex molded veneered frames, throat having sharply incurved sides; glass panels reverse painted in brown with oval pendulum viewhole at center of door. Lower door originally fastened with brass spring catch now broken. Brass hook added. Front of bezel gilded. Sides and top of case also veneered. Round painted and gilded iron dial with roman hour numerals and pierced steel hour and minute hands matching in design. Winding hole above, and to right of center. Eight-day brass movement with strike (strikes once every hour). Panel frames mahogany with mahogany veneer. Remainder of secondary wood pine. Bottom of case stained birch. Iron hanger. Several nail holes in backboard and bottom. Pencil inscriptions on backboard and inside lower door reading: "808", "CC" (?) and "79". Separately stored parts: winding key, pendulum, sheave screws, bolt, etc. Eagle (b) also separate, can be attached with bolt.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany
Metal
Brass
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-42.625 W-15 D-4.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Possibly one of the three timepieces made for the New Hampshire State House in 1820 by Timothy Chandler (copy of bill in accession folder); possibly acquired by the N.H.H.S. along with the other State House furniture. The apparent "CC" on door may possibly refer to the "Council Chamber" mentioned on bill.
Attributed by Herschel Burt, however, to Joseph Nye Dunning of Burlington, Vermont. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Chandler, Timothy (1762-1848)
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