Museum Object Number1951.0028 |
Clock (Tall clock)
Clocks, Watches, and Scientific Instruments
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Job Townsend (Possible maker)
James Wady (Clockmaker)
1699
17631759
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1745-1755
1. Signature; Clock dial, on lunette arch; "James Wady Newport" engraved in script
2. Inscription; Inside door; In pencil on inside surface of door: "July 8 1892/ R Wallace/ Cleaned Jan 6 1868", "Cleaned By Thomas[?] / in the spring of [?] 1848", "Cleaned by [?]". Wall/ May 21 1856", "Cleaned Nov.20 1832/by Barton [?]". "Cleaned by R Wallace Jany 21 1888", "Cleaned May 26th 1904", "Cleaned 4/23/10 [?]"
Walnut; Pine, soft; Tulip poplar; Ash; Brass; Iron; Silverplate on brass; Paint; Maple, soft
98.25 (H) , 20.125 (W) , 10.125 (D)
249.56 (H) , 51.118 (W) , 25.718 (D)
OW at feet, OD at feet and cornice, W (cornice) 19.5 in., W (hood) 16.5 in., W (waist) 13.375 in., W (base) 17.625 in., D (hood) 8.5 in., D (waist) 7.375 in.
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[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.197, p.301
[Book] Hohmann, Frank L., et al. 2009 Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks.
• Published: cat. 95, pp. 304-305
[Electronic] Yale University Art Gallery. Rhode Island Furniture Archive. http://rifa.art.yale.edu/index.htm
• RIF2303
[Book] Allen, Thomas. 2008 A Republic in Time: Temporality and Social Imagination in Nineteenth-Century America.
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[Article] Kane, Patricia E., et al. 2016 Rhode Island Furniture, 1650 -- 1830. Antiques and Fine Art. (Autumn 2016): 107 - 117.
• Published: p. 116