{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b84d783a-7975-456e-bec6-f9a61a905475/manifest","label":"dapc_1967-0256-001","metadata":[{"label":"BFA Number","value":"dapc_1967-0256-001"},{"label":"Source","value":"Decorative Arts Photographic Collection"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Metadata and images digitized from the Decorative Arts Photographic Collection of the Winterthur Library. For reproduction requests or more information, contact DAPC at reference@winterthur.org."},{"label":"Current Owner","value":"Unknown"},{"label":"Context","value":"Sometime around 1819, after the death of Abel Stowell, Sr., his son may have dropped the use of ?Ç£junior?Ç¥ from his name, leading to uncertainty over the maker attribution of the clock. Both were clockmakers, but the elder worked primarily from Worcester, Massachusetts, while his son worked in various cities in Massachusetts. Stowell, Sr. was active from 1756 to 1818 and his junior was active from 1812 to 1860."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Tall case clocks","Floor clocks"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Longcase clocks"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Advertisement: \"Thomas D. and Constance R. Williams,\" Antiques 90, no. 4 (October 1966): 470."},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Previously owned by Thomas D. and Constance R. Williams, 1966. In the collection of the Tillou Gallery as of 1967."},{"label":"Associated Objects","value":"DAPC number 1967-1496 was erroneously assigned to this piece."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 99 in. (251.5 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"Federal-style, mahogany tall case clock.  The top of the hood has a continuous arched pediment surmounted by a fretted cornice and two ball-and-spire finials and one eagle-and-chalice finial on fluted square columns. The front of the hood has a framed glass dial door that conforms to the rounded arch shape of the pediment. Two freestanding columns with stop-fluting and brass capitals flank the dial door. Decorative molding surrounds the front and sides of the top and base of the hood. The lunette above the metal dial has a moon phase. Roman and Arabic numerals denote time via the clock face dial. In addition to the hour and minute hands, there is a small time-circle with Arabic numerals to track seconds. An arched display window, which is flanked by winding holes, tracks calendar days. Four corner spandrels outside the time circle are decorated with a painted design.  Cavetto molding surmounts the front and sides at the top of the trunk, just below the hood. Flanked by fluted quarter columns at the front edges, the trunk door has a rounded top edge and is attached with two hinges, with a shaped escutcheon on the left side.  Cavetto molding and applied scalloping cap the trunk base. The front surface of the base section is framed by checkered inlay. Stepped base molding lines the front and sides above the ogee bracket feet.  Below the calendar aperture is inscribed: [Abel Stowell]."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"7/20/2018"},{"label":"Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions","value":"Inscribed on dial: [Abel Stowell]."},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Unidentified metal"},{"label":"Style","value":["Federal"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date of 1790 provided by Thomas D. and Constance R. Williams, 1966.  Because it is uncertain whether the clock was made by Abel Stowell Sr. or Jr., it could have been made as late as 1823 based on characteristics of style."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1790 - D:00 M:00 Y:1823"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Abel Stowell, Sr. was a clockmaker active primarily in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 1800 to about 1818. According to Paul Foley?ÇÖs book, Willard?ÇÖs Patent Time Pieces (2002), Abel Stowell, Jr. worked and maintained business in various cities, including Boston, Charlestown, and Worcester. He is listed in the 1822 and 1823 Boston directories."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts; Charlestown, Massachusetts; Worcester, Massachusetts"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Inscribed by maker. Uncertain whether the maker is Abel Stowell, Sr. or Jr. because the latter dropped the suffix from his name around 1819."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Stowell, Abel, Jr., clockmaker, 1789-1860, active about 1812-1856","Stowell, Abel, clockmaker and silversmith, 1752-1818, active about 1800-1818"]},{"label":"Other Name","value":"Long case clock; Grandfather clock; Grandfather's clock; Longcase clock; Tall clock"},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Clock"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Household accessories"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Tall case clock"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"7/20/2018"}],"description":"Tall case clock","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b84d783a-7975-456e-bec6-f9a61a905475/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Tall case clock","height":1500,"width":626,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b84d783a-7975-456e-bec6-f9a61a905475/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b84d783a-7975-456e-bec6-f9a61a905475","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":626},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b84d783a-7975-456e-bec6-f9a61a905475/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b84d783a-7975-456e-bec6-f9a61a905475/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b84d783a-7975-456e-bec6-f9a61a905475/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}