Illustration [349] shows a tall clock and a miniature one, both made about 1800, with painted faces. The tall clock has the name upon its face of Philip Holway, Falmouth. The case is mahogany, and the twisted pillars have brass bases and caps. The brass ornaments upon the top are rather unusual, a ball with three sprays of flowers. The clock was bought in Falmouth by the writer. The small clock has the name of Asa Kenney upon the face. Its case is inlaid with satinwood and ebony. This little clock belonged to the late Sumner Pratt of Worcester, and is now owned by his daughter, Miss E. A. Pratt.
Illustration [350] shows a clock owned by Mrs. E. A. Morse of Worcester. The case is beautifully inlaid with satinwood, holly, ebony, and two varieties of mahogany.
Illus. 350.—Tall Clock,
1800-1810.
It has the painted moon above the dial, and plays seven tunes—one tune being played each hour during the day. The tunes are
Hob or Knob,
Heathen Mythology,
Bank of Flowers,
Paddy Whack,
New Jersey,
Marquis of Granby,
Amherst.
Amherst is the psalm tune which this pious clock plays upon Sundays, to atone for the rollicking jigs which are tinkled out upon week-days. All of the tall clocks illustrated in this chapter have brass works, but many were made with wooden works, and in buying a clock one should make sure that the works are of brass.
Illustration [351] shows two sizes of a kind of clock occasionally found, which winds by pulling the chain attached to the weights. These clocks were made in Europe; the smaller one, which is owned by the writer, having the label of a Swiss clock-maker. The larger clock belongs to Irving Bigelow, Esq., of Worcester. Both date to the first quarter of the nineteenth century.
Illus. 351.—Wall Clocks,
1800-1825.