One Day Dreadnaught American Shelf Clock


One Day Dreadnaught American Shelf Clock

Ref No: 43

Case:
Shaped top case in mahogany veneer. Lower part of door has gilt design on back of glass. Original label on back of case.
Size: 14 inches high.
Movement:
Typical American spring wound movement, this one by Jerome & Co of New Haven. Strike on bell fixed to back of case. Painted dial. Mock mercurial pendulum bob visible through glass of dial.
Notes:
Virtually identical clock shown in group of American clocks in CWB. CC page 176. Interesting example of the early cheap American clock dating from mid nineteenth century.