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
Folder:: 10976 nc, cab4dw4 misc end tiff_complete
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.
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10992292
OID:: 12116963
PID:: digcoll:1024577