Wall Clock Maker: Jabez C. Baldwin (American, 1777–1819)
Artist: (ornament painted by) Willard and Nolen (American, 1805–1809)

1805–9

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

During the last part of the eighteenth century, a variety of smaller wall and shelf clocks were invented that challenged the supremacy of the more expensive tall clock. Wall clocks of the banjo type (known in the period as a "patent timepiece") were developed by Simon Willard around 1795. This example follows Willard's invention and bears the name of the Salem silversmith and clockmaker Jabez Baldwin.

Medium

Mahogany, white pine

Dimensions

45 1/4 × 11 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (114.9 × 29.5 × 9.5 cm)
other (Dial): 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
other (Movement): 4 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (11.1 × 7 × 4.2 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2194a-b

Geography

Made in Salem, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Timepieces

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Henry V. Weil, New York; Francis P. Garvan, New York. Gift in 1930 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 93, ill
  • 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), 194–195, no. 45, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

"JABEZ BALDWIN./SALEM." painted on lower eglomise panel. Written in pink paint on back of lower glass panel: "Williard and Nolen- Boston / 5"

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