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■ COLLECTIBLES
Antique s To Junque
By Maxine Thompson
What is time? Something
you have on your hands, or
something you’re out of, or
something that’s a-wasting?
Time can mean many things
to different people, and very
likely that’s the reason
someone decided to come up
with away to measure it.
After going through the
sun-dial stages (the earliest
one was just a stick poked
into the ground) and water
clocks or hourglasses using
sand and various other
ideas, clocks as we know
them today were finally
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invented. And while they are
quieter now when they run
by electricity, the charm of
earlier clocks makes them
definitely collectible.
There are many of us who
enjoy the melodious tones of
a clock striking the hour, and
sometimes the quarter and
half hour, and the tick-tock
of a pendulum swinging back
and forth.
There are an amazing
number of lovely clocks from
the 1800’s with wooden cases
available now in antique
shops, many at prices lower
than one would expect. Most
of those I have seen recently
are in good working con
dition, too, a good selling
point because some people
would not know where to
have a fine old antique clock
repaired.
Shelf clocks, often called
mantel clocks because they
occupied that place in so
many homes, were available
to almost any family after
1837. Before that time most
clockmakers turned out fine,
expensive grandfather
clocks for the wealthy only,
and when they went to banjo
clocks they were still too
expensive.
Two Connecticut Yankees,
Eli Terry and Chauncey
Jerome, were responsible
for the reduction in price of
clocks. Terry started
assembly-line clockmaking,
and Jerome replaced the
former wooden clock
movements with in
terchangeable brass parts.
After 1837 other clock
makers adapted to the same
methods and clockmaking
became established as a
steady industry in New
England.
Cases for the first of these
clocks were simple, made of
native hardwoods, but later
mahogany was introduced.
Rosewood was used
sometimes, possibly to
match parlor furniture.
Clockmakers of the 19th
century usually pasted a
name-brand paper inside the
clock. Names likely to be
seen are those of Eli Terry;
Seth Thomas, a man who
worked for Terry and later
established his own business
in what is now Thomaston,
Connecticut; Chauncey
Jerome, whose clock factory
later became part of the
Ansonia Clock Company;
The New Haven Clock
Company in New Haven;
Williams, Orton & Preston in
Farmington, Conn.; or E. N.
Welch in Bristol, Conn,
Clocks of the 1800’s come
in so many shapes and kinds
of decoration that it would be
impossible to describe them
all. Noteworthy, however,
are the beehive and steeple
shapes that appeared in the
1840’s and were made for 25
years or more.
Many clocks had reverse
painting on the glass of the
doors to hide the dials and
the pendulum. A medallion,
scene, or other designs were
usually painted on the lower
half of the door.
Depending on the
imagination of the clock
maker, cases were simple
and dignified or elaborately
carved. No matter, all are
regarded as very desirable
by collectors now, and since
many collectors specialize in
types there is usually
something for everyone in a
well-stocked shop.
Foreign-made mantel
clocks are found along with
the American clocks, too,
Antique Clocks Are Popular
and offer an even wider
variety. They, too, are
beautifully crafted and fit
the same surroundings as
their American con-
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temporaries.
The majority of mantel
clocks are between 11 and 19
inches high and from 7 to 10
inches wide. Since they were
small enough for peddlers to
cart around with them, they
spread throughout the
country and can be found in
all 50 states.
Three examples of these
clocks are a small, square
English mantel clock, $35; a
carved Ansonia American
clock, S6O; and a German
clock, $35.
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Two Georgia food stores
have been disqualified from
the U.S. Department of
Agricultur: food stamp
program for violations, the
USDA’s Food and Nutrition
Service reports.
The stores and charges
follow:
Childress Superette,
Roberta, owned by Mrs
Juanita
disqualified for one year,
starting Aug. 1, after being
charged with selling
ineligible items for USDA
food coupons, including
shoes, cleansers, beauty
aids, panty hose and laundry
products.
Williamson Grocery,
Perry, owned by John
Williamson, disqualified for
sue months, starting Aug. 1,
after being charged with
selling ineligible items for
USDA food coupons, in
cluding a frying pan, coffee
pot, cake pan, steak knives
and cleanser.