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177.              $100

Jerome(s), Gilbert, Grant & Co. 30-hour OG, 1839-1840.  An early producer of thirty-hour brass movement OG clocks.  The OG case is 26 inches tall with good mahogany veneer on the outer edges and door frame, and birdseye maple on the case-front.  The dial glass is period with considerable losses, the lower glass and tablet are modern replacements.  The dial is zinc with a grey finish that has been scraped off to reveal bare metal, with some paint left between the numerals.  Whatever Jerome was doing with these dials was a bad idea that has not aged well.  The hands could be original.  The 30-hour time-and-strike brass movement is unsigned; it is running but the strike is stuck.  The backwall is papered in blue with a good card label; note the absence of the ‘s’ on the Jerome name, presumably a typo, as the company included both Chauncey and his brother Noble, the inventor of the brass movement used in these early clocks. After a year Chauncey  and Noble bought out their partners and the company became Jerome & Co., and shortly thereafter Chauncey bought out his brother and the company was all his.  They all remained friends and would go out for beers after work.  $100–$150.

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Antique American Clocks                     JANUARY 2025

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