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Decorative object - Clock, New Haven Clock Company, 1881

  • A deep brown wooden striking mantle clock with decorative carvings featuring a glass door with black, gold, and red etched detail. The clock face is white with gold rims and black roman numerals marked.

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  • A deep brown wooden striking mantle clock with decorative carvings featuring a glass door with black, gold, and red etched detail. The clock face is white with gold rims and black roman numerals marked.

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  • A deep brown wooden striking mantle clock with decorative carvings featuring a glass door with black, gold, and red etched detail. The clock face is white with gold rims and black roman numerals marked.

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  • Rear side angle of wooden striking mantle clock showing shepherd's hook closure and an aged maker's label affixed to the back.

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  • Rear view of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock showing outline of its decorative features.

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  • Obverse side view of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock showing two small golden door hinges.

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  • Right side view of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock showing two small golden door hinges.

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  • Angled view of front of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock from right perspective. Clock features decorative carvings and a glass door with black, gold, and red etched detail. The clock face is white with gold rims and black roman numerals marked.

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  • Front view of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock displayed with its door open. The upper facade and base of the clock feature simple decorative carvings. The open door reveals a gold-toned pendulum mechanism within and a white clock face marked with black roman numerals.

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  • A deep brown wooden striking mantle clock with decorative carvings featuring a glass door with black, gold, and red etched detail. The clock face is white with gold rims and black roman numerals marked.
  • A deep brown wooden striking mantle clock with decorative carvings featuring a glass door with black, gold, and red etched detail. The clock face is white with gold rims and black roman numerals marked.
  • A deep brown wooden striking mantle clock with decorative carvings featuring a glass door with black, gold, and red etched detail. The clock face is white with gold rims and black roman numerals marked.
  • Rear side angle of wooden striking mantle clock showing shepherd's hook closure and an aged maker's label affixed to the back.
  • Rear view of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock showing outline of its decorative features.
  • Obverse side view of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock showing two small golden door hinges.
  • Right side view of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock showing two small golden door hinges.
  • Angled view of front of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock from right perspective. Clock features decorative carvings and a glass door with black, gold, and red etched detail. The clock face is white with gold rims and black roman numerals marked.
  • Front view of a deep brown wooden striking mantle clock displayed with its door open. The upper facade and base of the clock feature simple decorative carvings. The open door reveals a gold-toned pendulum mechanism within and a white clock face marked with black roman numerals.

Historical information

The New Haven Clock Company from Connecticut, USA, was incorporated by clockmaker Hiram Camp (1811-1893) in 1853. Camp studied clockmaking under his uncle Chauncey Jerome (1793-1868) from the age of 17. New Haven Clock Company supplied brass clock movements to Chauncey Jerome's own business, Jerome Manufacturing Company, until that company declared bankruptcy two years later. New Haven Clock Company acquired Jerome Manufacturing Company and continued to manufacture clocks for over a century. They grew to such a scale that they were outproducing all other clockmakers in the state of Connecticut.

Their 'Duna' model was created circa 1881 and features a solid walnut cabinet with ornate carvings and a glass door decorated in gold, black, and red detail. The 8-day clock is designed to be wound once per week with a key; the clock features instructions on the reverse side should the timing need adjustment.

Significance

This object is part of the Burke Museum Collection and represents the detailed craftmanship of one of the leading clock manufacturers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Physical description

Decoratively carved and etched wooden eight day striking mantle clock with a white face and black roman numerals.

Inscriptions & markings

Engraving on rim above clock face:
PATD FEB.11.1879

Engraving on pendulum:
PAT'D MCH.1st 1881

Reverse label:
8 Day Duna / STRIKING./ New Haven Clock Co., / NEW HAVEN, CONN. / NOTICE. / If the Clock should go too fast, lower the ball ; / if too slow, raise it. The minute hand may be / moved at any time forward, but never backward / further than the figure XII. / Should the Clock strike wrong, lift the wire / under the figure VII until it strikes right.

Markings on reverse:
2496 / 3526 / 4190 / 4873 / 5936 / 7107

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