David Wood
Shelf Clock
1791-1819
Scroll
David Wood
Shelf Clock
1791-1819
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, wood, pine, brass, paint, enamel, metal, 35 1/2 x 12 x 6 1/4 in. (90.2 x 30.5 x 15.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis White, from the Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
Object Number
1973.76.232
Flattop with fretwork pediment with three plinths, the center is the tallest and has a brass finial. Ogee cornice molding with band of light and dark blocks below like false dentils. Rectangular bonnet door has arched top and rectangular glazing in the same shape as the dial. Band of alternating dark and light diagonal inlay on door repeats this shaping. Arch top rectangular glazed cut out on both sides of bonnet. Ogee base molding on bonnet. Bonnet slides onto case above cove molded waist. Case door has torus molding applied to four edges. Same band inlay on bonnet door used on case stiles and case door. Case has fillet and cove molding of straight bracket base. White enameled dial with gold scrollwork surrounding a diamond in the lunette. Refinished 20th cent., uniform faded mahogany, inlays do not stand out.
Mahogany, mahogany veneers, light and dark wood inlays; white pine; brass finial and escutcheon; thirty-hour movement with anchor recoil excapement; two winding holes plugged and overpainted; enameled metal
The Baltimore Museum of Art, by gift, 1973; Nancy Brewster White (Mrs. Francis), Baltimore, Maryland, by 1973; Francis White, Baltimore, Maryland; Mrs. Miles White, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland.
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Edgar G. Miller. American Antique Furniture: A Book for Amateurs. Vol. II, Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1937. p. 958, no. 1920, p. 960.
'Joseph J. Carbone' [advertisement], Antiques, October 1965.
Charles F. Montgomery. American Furniture: The Federal Period in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. NY: Viking Press, 1966, nos. 168-170, pp. 211-213.
Edwin A. Battison & Patricia E. Kane. The American Clock, 1725-1865. Greenwich, Ct.: New York Graphic Society, 1973. no. 15, pp. 78-81, ill. p. 79, and no. 37, pp. 168-171, ill. p. 169.
Charles S. Parsons. New Hampshire Clocks & Clockmakers. Exeter, N.H.: Adams Brown Co., 1973, p. 300.
Karen M. Jones. 'Museum Accessions,' Antiques, May 1974. p. 1010.
Dean Fales. The Furniture of Historic Deerfield. NY: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1976. No. 511, p. 262.
Wm. H. Distin and Robert Bishop. The American Clock. 1976 reprint. NY: Bonanza Books, 1983. no. 192, p. 94, no. 206, p. 99.
'Opportunities in American Antiques', Israel Sack, Inc., NY, Brochure #39, June 1, 1984, no. P5522, p. 46.
Inscribed: Dial signed, 'DAVID WOOD'.
