Tall Case Clock Maker: Unknown

1765–75

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Constructed in the German clockmaking tradition, the movement, dial, and hands of this clock are almost identical to early examples made by George Hoff of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who emigrated from Germany in 1765. The walnut case with yellow poplar secondary woods also suggests a Pennsylvanian origin for the clock, as do the large wrought-iron hinges with exaggerated, splayed ends reminiscent of Pennsylvania German ironwork.

Medium

Walnut; backboard, red oak; top of hood, yellow poplar

Dimensions

92 5/8 × 17 11/16 × 10 5/8 in. (235.3 × 44.9 × 27 cm)
other (Frame, hood): 18 3/8 × 9 in. (46.7 × 22.9 cm)
other (Lower case): 64 9/16 × 18 1/8 × 9 in. (164 × 46 × 22.9 cm)
other (Frame, lower case): 13 15/16 × 6 3/4 in. (35.4 × 17.1 cm)
other (Dial): 16 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (41.3 × 29.2 cm)
other (Movement): 7 1/2 × 5 × 2 7/8 in. (19 × 12.7 × 7.3 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2332

Geography

Made in Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Timepieces

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
H. C. Taylor, Kennebunk, ME; Francis P. Garvan, New York (1929). Gift in 1930 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Edwin A. Battison and Patricia E. Kane, The American Clock, 1725–1865: The Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1973), 114–117, no. 24, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

tall case clocks

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