Hood or Bonnet - houses movement.
Fluted Hood Columns - decorative element.
Seconds Hand or Second Bit – displays the minute seconds.
Dial Door - glazed door protects dial and movement.
Winding Hole and Arbor - a key is inserted here to raise the weights that drive the clock, one for each train, time and strike.
Column Capital - cast brass decorations.
Calendar Aperture – revolving calendar dial that tracks the day of the month.
Line Inlay - lightwood decoration.
Fluted Quarter Columns - decorative element.
Lock Escutcheon - frames the door lock.
Case or Pendulum Door - allows access to weights and pendulum.
Finial - a wood or cast brass decoration, these are brass ball-and-spire form.
Column Base - cast brass decorations.
Waist Section or Trunk - the central portion of the case.
Waist Molding - decorative treatment.
Brass Stop Fluting - decorative treatment applied to fluting.
Base Section - the lower portion of the case.
Base Panel - veneered with figured mahogany.
Inlaid Oval or Paterae - decorative element.
Base Molding - decorative treatment.
Clock Foot - typically bracket or French feet.
Fretwork - a decorative gallery, this is an early Boston pattern.
Plinth or Chimney - decorative element.
Moon Phase - displays the phases of the moon.
Lunette - the arched top area of the dial.
Hemisphere - a decorative terrestrial map.
Dial Door Lock - restricts access to dial.
Spandrels - decorative painted or applied corner frame elements.