Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1790.

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Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1790.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463298152

Tall-case clock. The hood has a cove molded broken scroll pediment terminating in pinwheels, a central urn finial, free-standing turned columns at the front corners, quarter columns at the rear corners and a glazed door with an astragal top. Waist with cove and ovolo moldings at the top, and a rectangular case door. Base with ovolo and cove moldings at the top, and supported on bracket feet. Engraved dial with roman hour numerals and arabic minute numerals, engraved foliate decoration in the spandrels and lunette, engraved seconds dial above hands, and calendar aperture. Engraved "Timo Chandler Concord." Eight day movement.

H: 83"

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Kimball, Asa.

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Chandler, Timothy, 1760-1846.

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Timothy Chandler was a clock maker in Concord, NH. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1790. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 463298152 From the description of Brass dial shelf clock, ca. 1800. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668308024 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1800. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668257481 ...

Chandler, Abiel, 1777-1851

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Abiel Chandler was born in Concord, New Hampshire, and educated at Fryeburg Academy, Phillips Academy, and Harvard College. After a decade of teaching, he became a commission merchant in Boston as a partner in the firm of Chandler, Howard & Company. He retired to Walpole, New Hampshire, in 1845 and died in 1851. By bequest, he founded the Chandler Scientific Department at Dartmouth College and provided a substantial endowment to the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane. He also provided for h...