Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Tall Case |
Catalog Number |
81.71.1 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
Clock Movement |
Date |
1798 |
Description |
c. 1798 Noah Beeman tall case clock Clock movement with wood fame and wheels mortised to seatboard. Large countwheel on rear, cast iron bell on top.. Two stone weights. Paper on wood arch from old dial reads "Made by Noah Beeman of Warren 1798" |
Maker |
Noah Beeman |
Material |
Wood, brass, iron |
Place of Origin |
Warren, Connecticut, USA |
Notes |
5.G1 (movement); 101.99 (dial) (missing); 101.71(pendulum bob); 101.WALL7 (pendulum rod) 30-hour Cheney-type time and strike wood movement. Striking system uses large count wheel at center of back plate, wooden lifting piece on front plate. Pull-up weights. Movement mortised to seatboard. Original soapstone weights. Painted Dial (repro); arch of original dial paper on wood, "Made by Noah Beeman of Warren 1798" |