18.                   $150

Jerome & Co. long-drop column & splat, 1833-1834.  The Spittlers & Bailey (Clockmakers & Watchmakers of America) list this firm as existing for just one year with an unknown partner with Chauncey Jerome, and report that just one clock is known with this label. Of course, later reincarnations of Jerome and Co. sold about a billion clocks after 1845 or so, but this would not be one of them, as he was making only brass movement clocks by that time.  The above cited reference suggests that this may be a label typo for Jeromes & Co., a co-existing firm (1833-1834) with Chauncey and brother Noble.  The 34-inch case has clean mahogany veneer and stenciled half-columns and splat, with the stenciling still strong and the veneer in good condition.  The cross-piece in the door appears to be a replacement, and while both glasses are old, the putty is new.  The tablet is repainted.  The wooden dial has the original paint with light wear, the hands are correct to style but replacements.  The 30-hour wooden time-and-strike movement is running and striking, driven by two period cast iron weights.  There is a good label inside.  A nice representative clock from this early period, and an apparently rare label.  $150–$300.