Antique American Clocks July 2021
200. $200
Chauncey Jerome flat front Empire, ca. 1850. A popular case style with collectors and one in which
Jerome used many different movements – weight-driven, spring, and fusee, and in 1-day and 8-day formats. This one contains an
8-day direct fusee movement that I cannot find in any other examples, but it is discussed and illustrated in Roberts, Connecticut
Clock Technology 1810-1862, pages 298 and 305. The fusee is on the winding barrel and the spring is behind a flat barrel directly
below the movement. The case is 23.5 inches tall with good walnut veneer, book-matched at the center lines and on the diagonal
to give a nice look. The dial glass is old, the mirror a twentieth century replacement. The wooden dial is likely original
and in good shape; the hands are replacements. The 8-day, time-and-strike fusee movement is signed Chauncey Jerome, New Haven,
and is running and striking the wire gong. There is green paper inside on the backboard and a card label for Chauncey Jerome,
New Haven. I can’t find any recent sales of this model in any configuration, so I’ll start it at $200. $200-$400.
