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Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Shelf |
Catalog Number |
81.19.1 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
Triple Decker Clock |
Date |
1835 |
Description |
Mahagony cased column and cornice clock with paw feet and carved capitals on the columns. A cut-out area under the cornice contains a panel with gilded decoration on a grey ground, with a black stripe surrounding the upper portion. Wood painted dial with a lunar shaped cut-out in the center to expose the rack and snail feature. Gold painted chapter ring and spandrels in the corners. Upper and lower doors with a painted advertising panel insert between them, which reads "Eight Day Repeating Brass Clock. Made by C.& N. Jerome, Bristol, Ct. 1835". Lower door with a new reverse painted glass by Lee Davis. Label inside the case states, " Eight-Day Repeating Brass Clocks, Manufactured and Sold by C.& N. Jerome, Bristol, Conn." 8-Day brass time and strike weight driven movement on a seat board, solid rear plate, blanked out front plate, rack and snail located between the plates. Bell strike. |
Maker |
C. & N. Jerome |
Material |
Brass , wood, glass, iron |
Place of Origin |
Bristol, Connecticut, USA |
Notes |
A 29679 8 slides in slide cabinet 1 Cml |