Nathaniel Munroe
Wall Clock with Thermometer
1805-1820
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, wood, paint, iron, steel, glass, mercury, 38 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (97.8 x 27.3 x 10.5 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary Graham Basshor
Object Number
1947.132
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1947; bequest of Mary Graham Basshor, Baltimore, Maryland, by 1947.
Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities, Hampton, Maryland, March 14-June 15, 1951.
Goldsborough, Jenniger Faulds. Silver in Maryland, Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983, fig. 12, pp. 52, 57-58, 272.
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p.124-125, ill. 90.
Inscribed: Roman numeral 'XVI' marked with chisel on the inside lower rail of throat panel and top rail of base door. 'CN, Nov. 8/84' scratched on tin plate inside base. 'X 143' in black on left panel inside throat. 'C. Nuitz Aug. 19, 1875,' 'E. W. Jr. 12/'06,' and below this 'do [ditto] 1/1911.'
