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“Aaron Willard” Bride’s Clock
This is our interpretation of a Bride’s Clock made by Aaron Willard in 1825. A Bride’s Clock typically had a white painted case and was given as a wedding present to a prominent family. The glass tablets are elaborately decorated with bronze powder stenciling, gold etching and reverse painting. The turned finials and cast lion feet are gilded. The gilded doors are adorned with carved ropes and the corner plinth blocks have raised gesso designs. The base trim and chimney are ebonized and bronze powder stenciled. The dial is hand inked with one gold leaf ring. The spring driven German movement has a mahogany and brass pendulum and strikes the hour. Approximate size: 14 by 26 inches.
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“Daniel Hubbard” Clock
This clock is similar to one made by Daniel Hubbard, Medfield, Massachusetts, c. 1820. Its most striking features are the elaborately decorated upper and lower glass tablets. The upper tablet demonstrates a complex gold leaf etching around the clock maker's name and four etched gold harps radiating around the dial. Also, it contains both negative and positive bronze powder stenciling utilizing several different colored powders as does the lower tablet. The reverse glass painting theme is the Hudson River at Glens Falls, New York as it appeared in the early 19th century when it was visited by James Fennimore Cooper. Cooper made the falls and the cave behind them famous in his novel The Last of the Mohicans. The solid Honduran mahogany case is finished with hand-rubbed garnet shellac. The ball feet are gilded and the brass finial is lost wax cast from an original early 19th century clock finial. The dial is hand inked with one gold leaf ring. The spring driven German movement has a mahogany and brass pendulum and strikes on the hour. Approximate size: 16 by 37 inches
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Miniature Tabernacle Looking Glass Clock
This clock is similar to an original 1830 tabernacle style looking glass clock by an unknown maker. The basswood case is painted and the door, cornice and the rope columns are gilded. The rope columns are carved, rather than turned on a lathe. The upper glass has gilded seashell designs. The clock has an eight day spring driven German movement with a brass pendulum. The movement strikes a coil gong on the hour and half hour. Approximate size: 14 by 26 inches.
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“Daniel M. Tuthill” Clock
The clock is similar to one made in 1842 by Daniel M. Tuthill of Saxtons River, Vermont. The basswood case is veneered with curly maple and fiddle back Makore. The dial has two gilded concentric rings and gilded raised designs. It is similar to an original in our collection. The lower glass is stenciled with a patriotic theme. The stencil on the original clock was made by William B. Fenn, a very prolific Connecticut stencil maker, who produced clock stencils from 1829 to 1863. The clock has an eight day spring driven German movement with a curly maple and brass pendulum. The movement strikes a coil gong on the hour and half hour. Approximate size: 15 by 26 inches.
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“Benjamin Morrell” Looking Glass Clock
The clock case is similar to one made in 1830 by Benjamin Morrell of Boscawen, New Hampshire. The stenciled upper glass is similar to one found in a clock by J.F. Tappen of Manchester, Massachusetts. The case and door are painted and the half columns are ebonized and gilded. The upper glass is bronze powder stenciled. The clock has an eight day spring driven German movement with a brass pendulum. The movement strikes a coil gong on the hour and half hour. Approximate size: 14 by 30 inches.
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“Jeromes’ & Darrow” Clock
This clock is similar to one made in Bristol Connecticut in 1830 by a company called Jeromes '& Darrow. The company owners were Elijah Darrow, Chauncey Jerome and his brother Noble Jerome. Chauncey was one of the most influential figures in the Connecticut clock industry throughout the first half of the 19th century. His brother Noble invented the first mass produced American brass clock movement. The clock glass stencil was made by William B. Fenn a very prolific Connecticut stencil maker who produced clock stencils from 1829 to 1863.
Our recreation has a case of basswood with curly maple veneer. The columns are ebonized and bronze powder stenciled. The column capitals and bases and clock top are gilded with gold leaf. The dial has two concentric gilded rings and raised gilded spandrels. The clock has an eight day spring driven German movement with a brass pendulum. The movement strikes a coil gong on the hour and half hour. Approximate size: 12 by 19 inches.
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"Luman Watson" Clock
This clock is similar to one made in 1824 by Luman Watson of Cincinnati, Ohio. The pine case is Honduran mahogany veneered. The ebonized half columns and many elements of the case are adorned with bronze powder stenciled designs. The clock has an eight day spring driven German movement with a Honduran mahogany and brass pendulum. The movement strikes a coil gong on the hour and half hour. Approximate size: 15 by 32 inches.
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Bracket Clock
This clock was made in the style of an English 18th century bracket (type of shelf) clock. The case is composed of cherry with Carpathian elm veneer. The dial is gilded with both gold and palladium. The German movement plays Westminster, Whittington and St. Michaels chimes on the quarter hour by striking nine tuned chime rods. Size approximately: 13” wide, 16” high, 7” deep.
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“Shaker” Clock
This clock is similar to one made in 1840 by Shaker brother Isaac N.Youngs of Mt. Lebanon, New York. The original clock is currently on display at the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts. The pine case is stained red outside and chrome yellow inside. The doors have pegged mortise and tennon joints. The clock has five lights of glass. The German movement is spring driven with a brass pendulum. The movement strikes a brass bell on the hour and half hour. Approximate size: 11 by 33 inches.
