Clock, Tall Case

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

GHS 2156 (face)

Name/Title

Clock, Tall Case

Entry/Object ID

GHS 2156

Description

Tall case clock. Mahogany veneer inlay. Brass urn finials and center eagle in broken scroll top. Pediment terminates in inlaid six-point stars. Inlaid urn, shell and eight-point stars motif. Reeded corner columns. Paneled front, serpentine skirt; bracket feet. Face, hand painted iron. Iron hands. Seconds dial and date. Arabic numerals. Globes with continents depicted, moon phases over landscape. Brass pendulum.

Made/Created

Date made

1790 - 1815

Place

* Untyped Place

Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

100 in

Width

18-3/4 in

Depth

9-3/4 in

Material

Mahogany, mahogany veneer, lightwood inlays, brass

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Germantown Crier 28(1):25 Germantown Crier 5(2):20, 15(2):44, 17(4):110 Curator research file: Clocks and Watches Eckhard, George. Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers, 1935 Gibb, James W. Pennsylvania Clocks and Watches Horner, William Macpherson, Jr. Horner's Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture 1682-1807. 1935, 1977 Industries Box: Clockmakers Subject File: Clocks Family File: Thorington (photoscrap book of apartment (GHs 2171) in family file.

Provenance

Notes

Provenance was given to GHS with this clock, "1761; purchased by Benjamin Parkinson; remained in Parkinson family in Monongohela City by brother of James A. Murphey (of 22 West Phil Elena Street. Germantown Philadelphia, Pa). Murphey sold the clock to Dr. James Thorington in 1916 for $200. 1963 - Dr. J. Monroe Thorington gave the clock to GHS." Donated by Dr. James Monroe Thorington, The Cambridge at Alden Park, Germantown. 11/29/1963. GHS True Accession Book, "Antique Tall case clock - mahogany - beautifully inlaid, scroll top, paneled doors"