Lot Details
Lot 197
Federal Mahogany Tall Case Clock
Abel Hutchins, Concord, New Hampshire, circa 1800
The painted dial within a bonnet surmounted by brass spire finials, above a rectangular case flanked by quarter columns, raised on splayed bracket feet. Height 7 feet 5 inches, width 19 inches, depth 9 3/4 inches..
Abel Hutchins was the third son of Gordon Hutchins, a New Hampshire Captain during the Revolutionary War. In 1777, when Abel was 14, he moved to Roxbury, Massachusetts to apprentice for Simon Willard, a prominent clockmaker. Hutchins' apprenticeship overlapped with that of Simon's brother, Aaron Willard and it happened that Abel and Aaron married sisters Mary and Elizabeth Partridge. While there are examples of clocks signed Abel Hutchins Roxbury, Hutchins spent most of his career in Concord, New Hampshire where he first formed a partnership with his brother, Levi and later started his own shop. Though Aaron stayed in Boston, the friendship and influence between the two seems to have remained and can be seen in the refined style and workmanship of Hutchins' New Hampshire clocks compared to those of his peers.
Literature:
Charles S. Parsons. New Hampshire Clocks and Clockmakers. Adams Brown Co.: Exeter, New Hampshire, 1976.
Estate of Robert E. Driscoll
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Weights, pendulum and winder present.
Door with small chip to molding at top left.
Minor warpage.
Base has losses to banding.
Cracks to right side of base.
Horizontal shrinkage crack to base.
Loss to veneer on left side.
Wear to feet.
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