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On Display: House - Newport Room
Clock (Tall clock)
Job Townsend, James Wady
1745-1755
Category
Clocks, Watches, and Scientific Instruments
Creator/Artist/Maker
Job Townsend (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Newport; Rhode Island; Newport; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut
- Pine, soft
- Tulip poplar
- Ash
- Brass
- Iron
- Silverplate on brass
- Paint
- Maple, soft
Museum Object Number
1951.0028
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1951.0028
Object Name
Clock (Tall clock)
Category
Clocks, Watches, and Scientific Instruments
Creator (Role)
Job Townsend (Possible maker); James Wady (Clockmaker)
Place of Origin
Newport; Rhode Island; Newport; New England; United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
Birmingham; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1745-1755
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Clock dial, on lunette arch
Inscription: "James Wady Newport" engraved in script
Type: Inscription
Location: Inside door
Inscription: 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 [?]"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Walnut
- Pine, soft
- Tulip poplar
- Ash
- Brass
- Iron
- Silverplate on brass
- Paint
- Maple, soft
Dimensions (inches)
98.25 (H) x 20.125 (W) x 10.125 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
249.56 (H) x 51.118 (W) x 25.718 (D)
Measurement Notes
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.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.197, p.301Book: Hohmann, Frank L., et al. 2009 Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks.
• Published: cat. 95, pp. 304-305Electronic: Yale University Art Gallery. Rhode Island Furniture Archive. http://rifa.art.yale.edu/index.htm
• RIF2303Book: Allen, Thomas. 2008 A Republic in Time: Temporality and Social Imagination in Nineteenth-Century America.
Article: Kane, Patricia E., et al. 2016 Rhode Island Furniture, 1650 -- 1830. Antiques and Fine Art. (Autumn 2016): 107 - 117.
• Published: p. 116