HUCL.3: Tall Case Clock

Identification and Creation

Object Number

HUCL.3

People

Benjamin Bagnall, American (England 1689 - 1773 Boston, MA)
Case made by Thomas Johnson (1708 - 1767)

Title

Tall Case Clock

Classification

Timepieces

Work Type

clock

Date

c. 1750

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305485

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pine case, originally decorated with a japanned finish

Dimensions

234.7 x 51.2 x 25.7 cm (92 3/8 x 20 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: dial: Benjn. Bagnall (script) /Boston. (italic caps)
• inscription: Inside case (encapsulated in mylar): "At the Golden Lyon in Ann Street Near the Town Dock BOSTON"
• label: on inside door: in script "Benjamin Bagnall: 1689 -1773/ Probably Boston's first authenticated/ clockmaker. Born in England/ Formerly believed to have learned his trade/ there and to Boston ca. 1710/ Now thought to have come to Phila./ 1st. There learned from Peter Stretch and / then to Boston./ Married Elisabeth Shove 1712/ 7 children."

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Clock Collection, Gift of Mrs. Spaulding in 1939

Object Number

HUCL.3

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• The Art of Time:Clocks,Watches and other Time Keeping Devices from the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/30/1993 - 01/30/1994

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