General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CABINET WITH GLASS DOOR & METAL HARDWARE/ WOOD & METAL WORKING PARTS/ PAPER LABELS AFFIXED TO INSIDE BACK OF CABINET/ [SEE NMST CONDITION REPORT IN SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FILE FOR DETAILS OF MATERIALS]

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

74.0 cm

Width

44.5 cm

Height

11.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Horology

Category

Clocks

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TERRY

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Plymouth

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1860'S TO PRESENT

Canada

CLOCK BELONGED TO DR. JOHN HAMILTON PARKIN, CBE, AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED AUTHORITY IN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH, WHO HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AT THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. THE CLOCK ORIGINALLY CAME INTO THE PARKIN FAMILY THROUGH DR. PARKIN'S GRANDMOTHER.

Function

USED TO 'TELL' TIME

Technical

THIS CLOCK WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE ELI TERRY CO. TERRY DEVELOPED 'SHELF CLOCKS' THAT WERE ONE-DAY CLOCKS MADE EXCLUSIVELY WITH WOODEN WORKS. HE EXPERIMENTED WITH THE DESIGN OF HIS CLOCKS UNTIL 1817 WHEN HE PATENTED HIS 'PERFECTED WOOD CLOCK' CALLED THEPILLAR SCROLL TOP CASE CLOCK. (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ORIGINAL PAPER LABELS AFFIXED TO INSIDE OF CLOCK BACK READ IN PART: 'PATENT CLOCKS./ [DRAWING OF EAGLE]/ INVENTED BY/ ELI TERRY./ Made and Sold/ PLYMOUTH [?]NNECTICUT/ ELI TERRY & SON./ WARRANTED IF WELL USED./.../ FOLSOM & HURLBUT, PRINTERS HARTFORD, CONN./ DIRECTIONS,/ TO SET THIS CLOCK RUNNING./ [INSTRUCTIONS]/ DIRECTIONS,/ TO KEEP THIS CLOCK IN ORDER/ [INSTRUCTIONS]'/ HANDWRITTEN: 'J.G.H./14/61/ 1 1/4'

Missing

N/A

Finish

STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ HANDPAINTED DESIGNS ON PILLARS, PEDIMENT, CLOCK FACE & GLASS PANEL

Decoration

PILLARS & TOP PIECE: PAINTED FLORAL DESIGNS/ CLOCK FACE: GOLD FLORAL DRAWINGS IN EACH CORNER AND IN CIRCLE AROUND CLOCK CENTRE/ ON GLASS ON BOTTOM HALF OF DOOR: HANDPAINTED SCENE OF LARGE ESTATE & GROUNDS WITH PATTERNED BORDER/ CARVED SIDE PILLARS & SCALLOPED TOP