122. $200
C. & N. Jerome 30-hour shelf clock, 1834-1839. This business succeeded Jeromes & Darrow and continued to make 30-hour wooden works clocks. This is one of the last models
they made before moving to all brass movements, designed by Noble. The 33-inch case is veneered in mixed types of mahogany (walnut?),
suggesting that parts have been reveneered. The upper door veneer is most noticeably different. The half-columns have
finely carved capitals; the cornice mirror, dial glass, and middle glass are most likely original and the lower glass is modern, with
a tablet by Moberg. The middle glass advertising “Brass Bushed Clock. Made By C. & N. Jerome. Bristol Ct” may represent
the first advertising clock. The wooden dial is relatively clean with good gesso gilding; the hands are period correct. The 30-hour wooden time-and-strike movement will run briefly and will strike. It has brass bushings as advertised. There
are two period 30-hour weights and a torn and stained label on the backwall. Another example of this model is shown and discussed
in From Rags to Riches to Rags, The Story of Chauncey Jerome by Chris H. Bailey on page 44, but I can find no recent sales records
for this model. $200–$400.
Antique American Clocks JANUARY 2025