Shelf Clock
The streamlined case of this coffin-style clock exhibits little embellishment, except for a subtle molding scratched along the edges and an inlaid band around the top. The austerity and concentration on the inherent beauty of the honey-colored mahogany would have been appealing to the Shaker community in Canterbury, only 15 miles from the maker’s workshop. While not a practicing Shaker, Hutchins visited the Canterbury Shaker village and was inspired by their technical and agricultural innovation, which he recorded in his memoir: “I have seen a wonderful invention,—a machine for planting onion, beet, and carrot seeds."
Artwork Details
- Title: Shelf Clock
- Maker: Levi Hutchins (American, 1761–1855)
- Date: ca. 1786
- Geography: (none assigned) Concord, New Hampshire, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Mahogany, brass, steel, lead, iron
- Dimensions: 24 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (62.9 × 21.6 × 11.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Sansbury-Mills and Richard Hampton Jenrette American Funds, 2023
- Object Number: 2023.301a–c
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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