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Metadata
Catalog Number |
0000.99.425 |
Object Name |
Clock |
Description |
Brown wood cabinet, decorative columns at front corners, 3 brass urn shaped finials on top front, clear glass in door over clock face, painted glass lower, key lock. Inside; winding crank key, weights, pendulum, bell, instruction for proper operation and makers name pasted on rear cabinet inside; Invented, made and sold by Eli Terry and Sons, Plymouth Connecticut. In the 18th century, clocks were expensive items owned by few. By the early 1800s, clock maker Eli Terry invented a clock that would run for 30 hours before needing winding and scaled up production of its interchangeable parts. He added interesting decorative elements inspired by Chippendale furniture, and created it in a smaller mantel-size scale appropriate for middle-class homes. The resulting inexpensive "Pillar and Scroll" clock became the first successfully mass-produced clock in America. |
Title |
Pillar and Scroll Clock |
Date |
c. 1825 |
Role of Creator |
Manufacturer |
Creator |
Eli Terry and Sons |
Material |
wood | metal | glass |
Dimensions |
H-31 W-17.25 D-4.5 inches |
Credit line |
Found in Collection |
Place of Origin |
US/CT/Plymouth |
Culture |
American |
Subjects |
Clock & watch industry Clock & watch making Clocks & watches Industrialization Mass manufacturing Time |