Component, Timepiece

Object ID:
1959.10985.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Description

A wooden clock face with a decorative painting on its face. The main portion of the clock face is square with a half-circle set atop it. In the half-circle there is a bouquet of magenta flowers. The four more bouquets frame the clock dial around the corners. The clock face tracks four periods of time, told by three separate dials. The largest circle frames the main dial. Within the border is a circle of dots to count seconds, marked by numerals at increments of 15 until 60. Set inside the seconds is the standard clock face, of 1-12, in Roman numerals. Below the "XII" is a small dial, 2 3/4" in diameter; with every fifth dot marked outside the border by its corresponding numeral, except the last interval which has six dots and at top reads 31, to count the days of the month. Above the "VI" is circle 3 3/16" in diameter with the abbreviations of each day of the week around the inside. The clock face has three vertical through-holes down the center and two more through-holes which are set at a downward angle from the bottom through-hole. The back has two cross bars nailed in place.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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Shaker Museum Component, Timepiece. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=21779. Accessed on November 26, 2024

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