Description:
Wall clock with painted glass panels and mirror in the door. The clock works are probably made by Joseph Ives of Bristol, Connecticut; the movement is stamped brass, with Ives' rollar pinions. It runs eight days, has rack-and-snail striking, and the 41" pendulum is powered by two rectangular cast weights. The top glass panel has a painted chinoiserie landscape scene of a house and trees in red, blue, green, and white, with the clock dial with roman numerals in the center (probably repainted) surrounded by a gilt border. Below the mirror in the center section, there is a painted scene of Mount Vernon with trees, with a center unpainted oval surrounded by gilt decoration through which the pendulum could be seen. The clock face is framed by two volutes with a veneer of light curly maple and the sides have reeding simulating pilasters. The door, which runs the full length of the clock, is hinged to the case and has a lock and key on the opposite side. The clock originally belonged to William Russell, a builder, cabinet and coffin maker, who came to Deerfield in 1806. It stood in his house, the large yellow one across from Friary House, in the south room on a table between the front windows. His daughter Mary (b.1803) married Elijah Nims (1788-1857) in 1820; the clock was purchased from Anna Nims (Russell's great granddaughter) by Dr. Edwin Cyrus Thorn Jr. (1874-1920) and his wife, Luanna A. (Franklin) Thorn (1874-1965) who lived on lot 26 in Deerfield, and then acquired by the Flynts in 1962 with the Wells-Thorn house.
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