Shelf Clock

Levi Hutchins American

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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."

Levi Hutchins (American, 1761–1855), Mahogany, brass, steel, lead, iron, American

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Levi Hutchins (American, 1761–1855), Mahogany, brass, steel, lead, iron, American
Levi Hutchins (American, 1761–1855), Mahogany, brass, steel, lead, iron, American
Levi Hutchins (American, 1761–1855), Mahogany, brass, steel, lead, iron, American
Levi Hutchins (American, 1761–1855), Mahogany, brass, steel, lead, iron, American
Levi Hutchins (American, 1761–1855), Mahogany, brass, steel, lead, iron, American

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