Object Number 2019.0019 A-I

Object Name

Clock (Tall clock)

Category

Clocks, Watches, and Scientific Instruments

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of B.Stimson Carrow

Creator (Role)

Thomas Stretch (Maker)
1697-1765

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1740-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Dial, on seconds dial; "Tho\s Stretch" in script above "PHILADELPHIA" in an arc over a mirrored scroll ornament, engraved

Materials

Walnut; Glass; Brass; Paint; Iron; Lead

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

Dimensions (centimeters)

Measurement Notes

Bonnet: H. 26.75 inches, D. 13.25 inches; W. 23 inches Case overall without bonnet: H. 66 inches; base depth 11.75 inches, waist W. 13.75 inches Pendulum L. 39.25 inches to spring, L. 44.0 inches overall Weights: L. 9 inches to hook Dial 12 inches square, H. 16.75 to top of arch

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. & Hohmann, Frank L. 2013 Stretch: America's First Family of Clockmakers.
• Referenced: no. 120, p. 329; similar dials: pp. 258, 268, 276.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. & Hohmann, Frank L. 2013 Stretch: America's First Family of Clockmakers.
• Biography pp.63-65.