NEW HAMPSHIRE CLOCKMAKING New Hampshire Historical Society 30 Park Street, Concord NH Friday April 26 5p.m. - 7 p.m. - SOLD OUT

Please join us for an educational-program highlight of the new NAWCC New England Regional Meeting. We are hosted by the century-old New Hampshire Historical Society, a few-minutes drive from our Mart at the Everett Arena. On-street and garage parking are plentiful around the historic building, but note that meters are in effect until 7 p.m.

PROGRAM

Welcome by Jonathan M. Olly, Ph.D., NHHS Director of Museum Collections (pictured below with NHHS 1784 tall clock by Jeremiah Fellows, Kensington NH, and with list of Charles Parsons' clocks displayed in the auditorium during our program) Welcome and Introduction by Bob Frishman, Co-Chair, NAWCC New England Regional Memories of Charles Parsons by D-B Garvin, NHHS volunteer and former longtime staffer . John Delaney of Delaney Antique Clocks in West Townsend, Massachusetts, will present an illustrated talk about fine New Hampshire clocks his family's longtime clock shop has handled. John has made many appearances on the PBS Antiques Roadshow. . Damon DiMauro, Gordon College professor and author of articles in the NAWCC Bulletin, will reveal recent discoveries about Abiel Chandler, Concord New Hampshire Clockmaker. John Fitzwilliam, longtime collector and restorer, will display and discuss important examples of early New Hampshire clocks.

Charles S. Parsons, author of the classic 1976 reference book - New Hampshire Clocks & Clockmakers - generously donated his horological collection of 100 clocks and research papers to the New Hampshire Historical Society. A small selection of his donation will be on display during our program, described below with links to the online object descriptions. These include a very rare gear-cutting engine which Mr. Parsons considered the most valuable piece in his collection. Enoch Nutter wall clock, Dover, NH (1972.089.045a): https://www.nhhistory.org/object/136263/clock-wallAbiel Chandler wall clock, Concord, NH (1972.089.051): https://www.nhhistory.org/object/137589/clock-wallAbiel Chandler mirro clock, Concord, NH (1972.089.097): https://www.nhhistory.org/object/136276/clock-mirror Stephen Hasham wall clock, Charlestown, NH (1972.089.058): https://www.nhhistory.org/object/134994/clock-wallLeonard Noyes mirror clock, Nashua, NH (1972.089.048): https://www.nhhistory.org/object/136729/clock-mirrorBenjamin Morrill mirror clock, Boscawen, NH (1979.052.01): https://www.nhhistory.org/object/136331/clock-mirrorCutting machine (1972.089.076): https://www.nhhistory.org/object/136395/machine-clock-wheel-cutting