Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Shelf |
Catalog Number |
81.26.1 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Date |
1872 |
Description |
1872 George A. Jones & Co. shelf clock 8-day time and bell strike brass movement. Walnut case is the Artisan model. Octagonal around dial with pedestal. Scroll work along pedestal and at top of case. Small panel in front of pendulum is removable. Ansonia Movement |
Maker |
George A. Jones & Company |
Material |
brass, wood, glass |
Place of Origin |
New York, New York, and Bristol, Connecticut, USA |
Notes |
George A. Jones manufactured fine regulators in New York City in the late 1860s. In 1871, he built a new factory in Bristol, Connecticut and manufactured shelf clocks, often selling them through his New York office. Jones was one of the first to manufacture clocks with cases made of walnut. Ansonia also offered some George A. Jones models which might explain the Ansonia movement. Donated by NAWCC Chapter #20, Minnesota, Oscar T. Lang Memorial |