080-C-0994

HENRY C. SMITH STENCILED HALF-COLUMN & SPLAT CLOCK
INDEX # : 080-C-0994

circa: 1833-1845

CLOCK STYLE Conn. Shelf

CLOCK NAME N/A

MANUFACTURE Henry C. Smith, Plymouth Hollow, Conn.

Henry C. Smith (1811-1870)

CASE MODEL # N/A

MOVEMENT TYPE

Type 7.211, Wood movement, 30 hour, weight driven, T&S. Hour strike on cast bell. Movement probably made by Smith, Blakesley & Co., or Levi Smith, who sold this type of movement to Henry Smith.

CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION Base = 16 ¼", Height = 31 ½", Depth = 4 ½"

LABEL INFORMATION

Original label in excellent condition:
"Extra / Clocks / Manufactured and sold by / Henry C. Smith / Plymouth, Conn. / at wholesale and retail / warranted if well used" Printer was:"BTR? & SMITH, printers, Hartford".

DIAL INFORMATION

Wood dial (11" x 11"), hand painted white background with gilt spandrels, and black Roman numerals. 9 ½" chapter ring. Dial glass is 10" x 10", and held in place by putty.

MISC. FEATURES Half columns are 24" long, walnut veneer case.

ACQUIRED FROM Public auction in Grandbury, TX.

CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED Upper dial glass appears to be original, looking glass in lower panel is a replacement. Case has had some minor veneer repairs done and a new splat.

RESTORATION

December 1994 - Cleaned case and set clock to running.
July 1998 - Looking glass was replaced by reverse glass painting of George Washington (historically correct, except for the horses eyes!) Painting was done by my wife, KL, in July 1998, and measures 10 1/8" x 14".

This reverse painting won 1st place at the 1999 NAWCC Crafts Competition at the National Convention in Houston, TX.

HISTORICAL DATA Clock was formerly part of the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Dixon.

Henry C. Smith was a bronzer and painter by trade. Traded his reverse glass paintings, painted dials, and bronzed columns for movements, which he would then fit to a case and sell. He did a lot of business with H. Welton & Co., purchasing brass movements from them, and selling them completed wooden movement clocks. After 1845, Smith moved to NYC, and partnered with Andrew Taylor, making 30 hour brass clocks.

REFERENCES 1. "American Shelf and Wall Clocks - A Pictorial History for Collectors" by Robert Ball, 1992, page 54.
2. NAWCC Bulletin 208, October 1980 "Wood Movement Identification".

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CLOCK STYLE	Conn. Shelf
CLOCK NAME	N/A
MANUFACTURE	Henry C. Smith, Plymouth Hollow, Conn. Henry C. Smith (1811-1870)
CASE MODEL #	N/A
MOVEMENT TYPE	Type 7.211, Wood movement, 30 hour, weight driven, T&S. Hour strike on cast bell. Movement probably made by Smith, Blakesley & Co., or Levi Smith, who sold this type of movement to Henry Smith.
CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION	Base = 16 ¼", Height = 31 ½", Depth = 4 ½"
LABEL INFORMATION	Original label in excellent condition: "Extra / Clocks / Manufactured and sold by / Henry C. Smith / Plymouth, Conn. / at wholesale and retail / warranted if well used" Printer was:"BTR? & SMITH, printers, Hartford".
DIAL INFORMATION	Wood dial (11" x 11"), hand painted white background with gilt spandrels, and black Roman numerals. 9 ½" chapter ring. Dial glass is 10" x 10", and held in place by putty.
MISC. FEATURES	Half columns are 24" long, walnut veneer case.
ACQUIRED FROM	Public auction in Grandbury, TX.
CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED	Upper dial glass appears to be original, looking glass in lower panel is a replacement. Case has had some minor veneer repairs done and a new splat.
RESTORATION	December 1994 - Cleaned case and set clock to running. July 1998 - Looking glass was replaced by reverse glass painting of George Washington (historically correct, except for the horses eyes!) Painting was done by my wife, KL, in July 1998, and measures 10 1/8" x 14". This reverse painting won 1st place at the 1999 NAWCC Crafts Competition at the National Convention in Houston, TX.
HISTORICAL DATA	Clock was formerly part of the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Dixon. Henry C. Smith was a bronzer and painter by trade. Traded his reverse glass paintings, painted dials, and bronzed columns for movements, which he would then fit to a case and sell. He did a lot of business with H. Welton & Co., purchasing brass movements from them, and selling them completed wooden movement clocks. After 1845, Smith moved to NYC, and partnered with Andrew Taylor, making 30 hour brass clocks.
REFERENCES	1. "American Shelf and Wall Clocks - A Pictorial History for Collectors" by Robert Ball, 1992, page 54. 2. NAWCC Bulletin 208, October 1980 "Wood Movement Identification".
NOTES	N/A