Name/Title
Clock, Tall CaseEntry/Object ID
GHS 1422Description
Transitional Chippendale/Federal tall-case clock with scrolled pediment termintating in rosettes; three simple urn-shaped finials; painted dial enclosed by glazed astragal-shaped door flanked by columns; fluted quarter columns on mid-section and base; claw-and-ball feet; bracket back feet, enameled steel dial, cream colored with pink and green floral decoration, Arabic numbers painted in black; pierced iron hands, black. Brass pendulum circular disc bob, key locks in center cabinet door. Signed "Werlliam (?) Whiteman / Hamburg." A note inside cabinet door reads, "A letter from the United States Consul General in Hamburg (Sept 17th 1908) states that "William Whiteman lived in Hamburg about the year 1700." Also, a newspaper clipping of the poem "My Clock" by the first Charles J. Wister, who lived in Grumblethorpe on Germantown Avenue.Made/Created
Artist
Werlliam (William) WhitemanDate made
1785 - 1800Place
* Untyped Place
Probably Hamburg, PennsylvaniaDimensions
Height
93-1/2 inWidth
19 inDepth
12 inMaterial
Mahogany veneer, walnut, brass, ironRelationships
Related Publications
Publication
Germantown Crier 14 (3):72, 17(4):112
Germantown Crier 5(2):20; 15(2):44; 29(1):22; 28(1):25
Subject File: Clocks
Eckhard, G. PA Clocks & Clockmakers, 1935
Gibb, J.W., PA Clocks & Watches
Horner, W.N\M., Horner's Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture 1682-1807, 1935, 1977
Curator Research File: Clocks and Watches
Industries Pam Box: Clockmakers
Family Files: Whiteman; GummeyProvenance
Notes
GHS True Accession Book, "Grandfather clock made in Germany about 1700 belonged to Mrs. Harriet Butler Gummey (Mrs. John S.) of Mount Airy. Given in memory of Henry L. Butler of Germantown by his son and daughter. October, 1947.
