Shelf Clock Maker: Jeromes, Gilbert, Grant and Company (American)

1839–40

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Partially in response to the major economic collapse in 1837, Chauncey Jerome conceived of an inexpensive thirty-hour clock with brass works. Increased mechanization in the production of this clock—punching out the wheels from thinner rolled brass and running the wood for the ogival-molded cases through a power-operated machine—contributed to the reduced costs. This clock depicts the town green in New Haven, Connecticut.

Medium

Mahogany, mahogany veneer, white pine

Dimensions

25 15/16 × 15 7/16 × 4 7/16 in. (65.9 × 39.2 × 11.3 cm)
other (Dial): 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
other (Movement): 4 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (12.1 × 14.9 × 7 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1973.30

Geography

Made in Bristol, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Timepieces

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Yale University in 1973.
Bibliography
  • Edwin A. Battison and Patricia E. Kane, The American Clock, 1725–1865: The Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1973), 190–192, no. 44, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

shelf clocks

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