Object Number 1957.0952 A

Object Name

Clock (Wall clock)

Category

Clocks, Watches, and Scientific Instruments

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Simon Willard (Maker)
1753-1848
RELATIONS: BENJAMIN WILLARD (OLDER BROTHER); AARON WILLARD (YOUNGER BROTHER); PAUL REVERE (BUSINESS PARTNER); ELNATHAN TABER (APPRENTICE)

John Doggett
1780-1857
John Doggett owned and operated a frame shop and looking-glass factory in Roxbury, Massachusetts between 1802 and 1809. He was a carver, gilder, cabinet, and looking-glass maker, and was one of the most successful and skilled of his kind in Roxbury. While learning his trade, he learned how to do gilding and was the first to practice it in town. Mrs. Saunders and Miss Beach patronized Doggett's shop. His meticulous ledgers show multiple entries for "Miss Saunders and Miss Beach." Gilt frames with a white glass mat and a chain-link border decoration are typical of his shop. Including the name of the student embroiderer and the Academy in elegant gilt letters on the frame is also typical. The school operated for more than thirty years and a large number of needlework examples survive, most of them with a Doggett frame. Many of the Academy students were from prominent families of New Hampshire and Maine. Doggett's daybook records many transaction with the Willard family clockmakers.

Place of Origin

Roxbury, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Only case has origin of Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Date

1805-1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom tablet; in gilt "S. WILLARD PATENT"
2. Inscription; interior of pendulum box door; pink paint "Willard & Nolan/ Boston"

Materials

Mahogany; Pine, white; Brass; Glass; Gilt; Paint

Dimensions (inches)

41.5 (H) , 10.375 (W) , 3.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

105.41 (H) , 26.353 (W) , 9.525 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD at bottom of pendulum box.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 159.
[Book] Priddy, Sumpter. 2004 American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790-1840.
• Published: fig. 113, pp. 68-69.