Shelf clock
- Creator:
- Balch, Daniel, Jr., 1761-1835
- Published/Created:
- Newburyport, Essex county, Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1790–1800 - Physical Description:
- 28 1/8 x 12 x 6 in.
- Materials:
- Mahogany; brass
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Chippendale mahogany shelf clock, architectural plinth base with projecting fluted columns and door with keystone arch supported by fluted columns, brass dial engraved Daniel Balch, Jr., Newburyport; brass flame finials (one replaced), beautiful golden color. David Wood, also of Newburyport, made a few clocks of similar form.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 3, p. 832, pl. P3487. - Variant Titles:
- Chippendale mahogany shelf clock
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament--Chippendale style
Furniture--United States - Period/Style:
- Chippendale
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 3487
- Genre:
- shelf clocks (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
Physical Object - Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Title:
- Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
- Source Created:
- New York, New York, United States
1957–1990 - Source Note:
- Sack, May 1972
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- 10976 nc, cab4dw4 misc end tiff_complete
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- oid pointer:
- 10992292
- OID:
- 12116963
- PID:
- digcoll:1024577