On View
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Artist
Joseph Mulliken
1765 - 1802
Dateca. 1795
Terms
- Eight-day Clocks
- Brass
- Iron
- Steel
- Cherry
- Hickory
- Pine
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions218.27 × 50.76 × 22.84 cm (85 15/16 × 20 × 9 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Concord Museum Ladies Association and an anonymous fund
Object numberF2519
DescriptionEight day or tall clock. Hickory, white pine, cherry, painted iron, brass, steel. Case is attributed to John Doggett, Roxbury. This clock has an eight-day, weight-driven mechanism with anchor recoil escapement; lunar, seconds, and calendar dials; rack and snail strike; and wooden pendulum rod. The clock has an enameled iron dial with the false plate signed "WILSON" imported from Birmingham, England. The case is characterized by the Roxbury-style fretwork on the hood, inlaid quarter-fans on the doors and base, inlaid crossed branches in the arched waist door, and straight bracket feet. The hood columns and quarter-columns in the waist are highlighted by brass capitals, bases, and stop fluting. There are no engaged columns at the rear of the hood. The second hand has a distinctive pincer-like terminus. The clock's moon wheel is replaced.
Collections
- Timepieces and Scientific Instruments
