154-C-0305

BOARDMAN & WELLS STENCILED HALF-COLUMN & SPLAT SHELF CLOCK
INDEX # : 154-C-0305

circa: 1832-1838

CLOCK STYLE Shelf

CLOCK NAME N/A

MANUFACTURE
Boardman & Wells, Bristol, Connecticut
Made for Hiram Hunt, Bangor, Maine
Chauncey Boardman (1789-1857)
Joseph Allen Wells (????-????)

CASE MODEL # N/A

MOVEMENT TYPE

30 hour wooden movement, type 9.223 made by Chauncey Boardman & Joseph Wells, note brass bushing in winding arbors.

CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION Base=16 1/2", Height=31 1/2", Depth=4 3/4"
Mahogany veneered case, stenciled columns & splat.

LABEL INFORMATION

Excellent rare label stating:
"Extra Clocks / (With Brass Bushings) / Made by / Boardman & Wells, / for / Hiram Hunt, / Bangor, Maine. / Warranted, if well used. Hurlbut & Williams, Print, Hartford"

DIAL INFORMATION

Original hand painted wooden dial is 11" X 10 1/2" with white background, black Roman letters, and gilt chapter rings and gesso & gilt corner spandrels The chapter ring is 9 1/2".
Original dial glass is 10" X 10" and is held in place with original putty. The dial glass has a pronounced wave in it at the top right corner.

MISC. FEATURES

Looking glass in lower door appears to be original, it is 10" X 14" and is held in place with putty, Original weights, pendulum bob, hour and minute hands.

Image to the left is the stenciling on the top splat.

ACQUIRED FROM Mart table at the 2005 Lonestar Regional in Mesquite, TX.

CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED Case in good condition with the finish on the columns and splat very crackled. Wooden movement in good running order with no broken teeth or missing parts.

RESTORATION N/A

HISTORICAL DATA Chauncey Boardman was a prolific clock and movement maker. He supplied wooden movements to many of the early clockmakers in the industry. At one time, he had four separate factory buildings in the Bristol, Connecticut area making movements and cases.
Chauncey Boardman and Joseph A. Wells were in partnership in Bristol, Conn. from 1832 until 1843, but were still loosely connected with each other in the clock business until 1850. Joseph wells was married to Chauncey's daughter Caroline, and it is reported that soon after she died in 1839 the partnership started to go down hill.

REFERENCES 1. "Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock" - Kenneth D. Roberts & Snowden Taylor, 1994
2. "Early American Clocks" - Don Maust, 1971

NOTES N/A

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CLOCK STYLE	Shelf
CLOCK NAME	N/A
MANUFACTURE	Boardman & Wells, Bristol, Connecticut Made for Hiram Hunt, Bangor, Maine Chauncey Boardman (1789-1857) Joseph Allen Wells (????-????)
CASE MODEL #	N/A
MOVEMENT TYPE	30 hour wooden movement, type 9.223 made by Chauncey Boardman & Joseph Wells, note brass bushing in winding arbors.
CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION	Base=16 1/2", Height=31 1/2", Depth=4 3/4" Mahogany veneered case, stenciled columns & splat.
LABEL INFORMATION	Excellent rare label stating: "Extra Clocks / (With Brass Bushings) / Made by / Boardman & Wells, / for / Hiram Hunt, / Bangor, Maine. / Warranted, if well used. Hurlbut & Williams, Print, Hartford"
DIAL INFORMATION	Original hand painted wooden dial is 11" X 10 1/2" with white background, black Roman letters, and gilt chapter rings and gesso & gilt corner spandrels The chapter ring is 9 1/2". Original dial glass is 10" X 10" and is held in place with original putty. The dial glass has a pronounced wave in it at the top right corner.
MISC. FEATURES	Looking glass in lower door appears to be original, it is 10" X 14" and is held in place with putty, Original weights, pendulum bob, hour and minute hands. Image to the left is the stenciling on the top splat.
ACQUIRED FROM	Mart table at the 2005 Lonestar Regional in Mesquite, TX.
CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED	Case in good condition with the finish on the columns and splat very crackled. Wooden movement in good running order with no broken teeth or missing parts.
RESTORATION	N/A
HISTORICAL DATA	Chauncey Boardman was a prolific clock and movement maker. He supplied wooden movements to many of the early clockmakers in the industry. At one time, he had four separate factory buildings in the Bristol, Connecticut area making movements and cases. Chauncey Boardman and Joseph A. Wells were in partnership in Bristol, Conn. from 1832 until 1843, but were still loosely connected with each other in the clock business until 1850. Joseph wells was married to Chauncey's daughter Caroline, and it is reported that soon after she died in 1839 the partnership started to go down hill.
REFERENCES	1. "Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock" - Kenneth D. Roberts & Snowden Taylor, 1994 2. "Early American Clocks" - Don Maust, 1971
NOTES	N/A