E. and G. W. Bartholomew Shelf Clock, about 1820
date: label: date made
content: ca 1830
name: label: manufacturer
content: E. & G. Bartholomew
notes: label: Description
content: Made by E. and G. W. Bartholomew in Bristol, Conn., about 1820, this clock features a thirty-hour wooden movement that strikes the hours. The white-painted dial has Roman hour numerals, painted spandrels in gold and a central stylized ring of gold-painted designs inside the ring of hours. The mahogany case has a carved eagle splat, two hollow columns through which the weights fall, paw feet and three central parts: a clear glass door covers the dial, the center features a mirror and the bottom glass panel shows a reverse-painted scene with a structure and a tree inside a gold-leaf rectangle. Two weights and a brass-covered pendulum bob also survive. Inside the case, a printed label reads: "Patent Clocks Manufactured & Sold by E. & G. Bartholomew, Bristol, Conn. P. Canfield, Printer, Hartford.”
label: Description
content: George Wells Bartholomew and his cousin Eli started a clockmaking business in Bristol, Conn., in 1828, and, when the partnership dissolved in a few short years, G. W. continued alone until 1840. He then opened a cutlery business, but abandoned it in 1848 to head to the California gold fields.
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content: Reference:
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content: Smith, Eddy N. et al., <i>Bristol, Connecticut: “in the Olden Time New Cambridge,” which includes Forestville.</i> Hartford, Conn.: City Printing, 1907.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bristol
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.317039
label: catalog number
content: 317039
label: accession number
content: 233061
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hollow column clock
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 93.6752 cm x 45.72 cm x 13.0302 cm; 36 7/8 in x 18 in x 5 1/8 in
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content: top glass: 7 in x 7 in; 17.78 cm x 17.78 cm
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content: mirror: 7 in x 7 in; 17.78 cm x 17.78 cm
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content: bottom glass: 17.4752 cm x 27.94 cm; 6 7/8 in x 11 in
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content: feet: 3 in; 7.62 cm
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content: base: 11 in; 27.94 cm
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content: column: 18 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 46.99 cm x 10.795 cm
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content: overall: 37 1/2 in x 18 in x 6 in; 95.25 cm x 45.72 cm x 15.24 cm
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content: overall: container: 4 3/4 in x 3 in x 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 7.62 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: container: 4 3/4 in x 3 in x 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 7.62 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: container: 9 1/2 in x 6 in x 2 in; 24.13 cm x 15.24 cm x 5.08 cm