Photo: Courtesy Historic Deerfield, Mass., HD 1998.9.1
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Tall case clock |
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Object numberRIF6274 |
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MakerClockmaker Caleb Wheaton and Son, 18071827 |
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Dimensions90 1/2 × 17 1/4 × 9 in. (229.87 × 43.82 × 22.86 cm) |
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Date1820 |
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Current locationHistoric Deerfield, Inc. |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumSycamore and birch[?] |
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Marks"Caleb Wheaton & Son / PROVIDENCE / 1820," in ink, on paper dial |
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Inscriptions"This clock was made by Caleb Wheaton of Provdence, Rhode Island at the order of my grandfather, Daniel Lyman, and the second hand was put on to time the speed of the machinery in the LYMAN MILL where is stood for 55 years, then removed to the factory store building now torn down. In 1875 it was brought up from there to my farm at No Peer and has run ever since. Daniel W. Lyon March 14, 1886," written on a paper label in clock interior |
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ProvenanceDaniel Lyman (17561830), Newport and North Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his grandson Daniel W. Lyon. Helen Bibas; bequeathed to Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts |
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Associated namesDaniel LymanHelen Bibas Daniel W. Lyon |
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BibliographyPatricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 417n5. |