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Early American Clock Styles
Early American Clock Styles
Antique Grandfather Clocks
The most commonly recognized form of antique clock is typically referred to as a grandfather clock. Known among collectors as "tall case clocks" or "tall clocks", these early American antique clocks range in size, but are normally around eight feet tall.
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Banjo Clocks
The banjo clock was developed at the beginning of the 19th Century by renowned clock maker Simon Willard in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He called it his "Willard's Improved Patent Time Piece". Known today as Banjo clocks, these elegant wall clocks are prized by collectors.
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Lighthouse Clocks
The lighthouse clock is an extremely rare and unique clock form developed by Simon Willard of Roxbury (Boston), MA in the 1820's. It was created to offer an alarm mechanism in a high-style table or shelf clock.
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Dwarf Clocks
Dwarf clocks were made to appear as a tall case clock, but measuring around four feet tall, they were scaled down and slightly more affordable than a full size grandfather clock. This style was previously referred to as a Grandmother clock. It was produced primarily in Southeastern Massachusetts, particularly in Hingham and Hanover, during the first quarter of the 19th Century.
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Bracket Clocks
Bracket clocks are spring driven shelf clocks, produced throughout the 18th and 19th Centuries. Nearly all examples that bear American clockmaker's names were imported from Britain. It was common practice for American clock makers to order English bracket clocks, signed with their own names in place of the actual maker.
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Shelf Clocks
Commonly referred to as the "Massachusetts Shelf Clock" or the "Mass. shelf clock", these clocks were most fashionable during the first third of the 19th Century. Often made by the Willards in Roxbury (Boston), Ma., they commonly appear in two distinct configurations.
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Grafton Wall Clocks
Grafton wall clocks were sometimes called Willard experimental clocks or Willard timepieces. These small clocks were usually made in Grafton, Massachusetts, although some were made in Roxbury, Massachusetts. They were produced during the last quarter of the 18th Century.
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Tavern Clocks
The American version of the tavern clock was produced during the first third of the 19th Century. The form was developed and popularized in England, but did not have the same success in America, subsequently examples from this period are relatively rare.
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Mirror Clocks
Antique mirror clocks are an attractive design that features a split column frame and a mirror in the lower tablet. Often called "New Hampshire Mirror clocks", this popular form was primarily produced in that state during the 1820's & 30's.
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Early American Clock Styles
Early American Clockmakers
Tall Clock Terminology
Banjo Clock Terminology
An overview of common American antique clock styles
A listing of well known early American clockmakers
A diagram of common antique tall clock terminology
A diagram of common antique banjo clock terminology
Gary R. Sullivan Antiques Inc. buys, sells and brokers fine and rare examples of antique clocks and early American furniture, including fine antique tall case clocks, banjo clocks, and dwarf clocks.
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