COLLECTION 009 · SGC-NC-009
New Haven Clock Company
Original advertisements, illustrated products and contemporary records trace the company’s work and changing identity.
Treat Clock Works as a descriptive collection label. Chauncey Jerome’s business preceded the company; the company was separately incorporated in 1853 and acquired Jerome Manufacturing in 1856.
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1880
The Thistle and Velvet models reproduced from New Haven Clock Company’s 1880 catalog. Their contrasting cases show the breadth of the firm’s decorative designs.
New Haven Clock Company; Whitney Library, New Haven Museum; reproduced in NRHP nomination; Figure 1; PDF page 24
Original source1890
The Tennis Ink Set combines a clock with a themed desk object. Its catalog image places sporting imagery inside the home or office. The printed description identifies the oak base and finishes, allowing a researcher to connect design, use and sales language.
New Haven Clock Company; Whitney Library, New Haven Museum; reproduced in NRHP nomination; Figure 2; PDF page 25
Original source1890
This catalog page offers a clock that attached to a gas fixture so its dial could be read at night. The printed patent date is May 14, 1872; the selected catalog page is dated 1890. An invention date and a catalog publication date are different evidence.
New Haven Clock Company; Whitney Library, New Haven Museum; reproduced in NRHP nomination; Figure 3; PDF page 26
Original source1890
The Sir Christopher model from New Haven Clock Company’s 1890 catalog places an ornate timepiece beside a seated historical figure.
New Haven Clock Company; Whitney Library, New Haven Museum; reproduced in NRHP nomination; Figure 4; PDF page 27
Original sourceOriginal publication unidentified; rendering dated 1866 by Walk New Haven
A factory engraving headed “Manufactured by New Haven Clock Co.” Walk New Haven dates the rendering to 1866. The image should not be described as a photograph.
New Haven Clock Company; engraver signature appears to read W. Richardson, N.H. (unconfirmed); reproduced by Walk New Haven;
Original sourceOriginal publication unidentified; rendering dated 1920 by Walk New Haven
This panoramic rendering presents the expanded New Haven Clock Company works. Walk New Haven dates the image to 1920; it is a drawn commercial view.
New Haven Clock Company; artist unidentified; reproduced by Walk New Haven;
Original source1886
The advertisement gives a Chicago address, 31 Washington Street, and asks readers to request the 1885–86 catalog. That address documents a sales presence in the advertisement, not the relocation of the New Haven factory. The surviving scan is small; use the original source link for its publication context.
New Haven Clock Company; period trade magazine unidentified; scan reproduced by AtticPaper;
Original source1860
Chauncey Jerome’s engraved portrait faces the title page of his 1860 autobiography. This is a period portrait reproduction, not a photograph of the factory.
Portrait artist/engraver not confidently transcribed; published by F. C. Dayton, Jr.; Library of Congress copy; Frontispiece, PDF page 6
Original source1860
The title page of Jerome’s own account of the American clock business, published in New Haven in 1860. His personal account is a primary source that should be read with attention to his position in the company’s financial collapse.
Chauncey Jerome; F. C. Dayton, Jr., publisher; Library of Congress copy; Title page, PDF page 7
Original source2018-07-18 13:20:30
New Haven Clock Company Factory, New Haven, Connecticut.
COLLECTION HISTORY
Jerome brought case making to New Haven in 1844 and movement production in 1845. The separately incorporated New Haven Clock Company supplied his business, then acquired its assets in April 1856. The preservation nomination dates the company’s incorporation to February 7, 1853. [NC-010]
The catalogs show timekeeping combined with decoration: Thistle and Velvet cases, a tennis-themed ink set, a figurative clock and a night clock designed for a gas fixture. These product illustrations are primary evidence of what the company offered, while their descriptive claims remain advertising. [NC-001]
Chauncey Jerome’s 1860 autobiography offers a personal account of the trade and his financial collapse. Its portrait and title page establish the publication context. Read his account alongside the corporate chronology, rather than treating the predecessor business and the later company as interchangeable. [NC-009]
The catalog’s clocks were also furnishings. Named cases, figurative designs and combinations with desk or lighting objects show how sellers placed timekeeping within domestic and working interiors. These are illustrations of products offered for sale; they do not establish that every design was made in the same quantity or owned by a particular household. The company’s history is equally sensitive to distinctions. Jerome’s New Haven operations preceded the 1853 corporation, which later acquired his assets. His autobiography offers a participant’s explanation of that financial and industrial world, but his viewpoint requires comparison with company records. Together the sources make clock manufacture a story of design, business relationships and competing accounts of change. [NC-010] [NC-001] [NC-009]
Treat Clock Works as a descriptive collection label. Chauncey Jerome’s business preceded the company; the company was separately incorporated in 1853 and acquired Jerome Manufacturing in 1856.
THE SEARCHABLE CATALOG
Search includes catalog notes and the OCR text included with this edition. OCR may misread names or dates; use the original scan to verify a match.
NC-001 · Trade catalogs · 1880
New Haven Clock Company
The Thistle and Velvet models reproduced from New Haven Clock Company’s 1880 catalog. Their contrasting cases show the breadth of the firm’s decorative designs.
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NC-002 · Trade catalogs · 1890
New Haven Clock Company
A clock integrated into a tennis-themed desk ink set, advertised on an antique oak base in the company’s 1890 catalog.
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NC-003 · Trade catalogs · 1890
New Haven Clock Company
This 1890 catalog page describes a one-day clock designed to attach to a gas fixture so that its dial could be read at night. The page gives a patent date of May 14, 1872.
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NC-004 · Trade catalogs · 1890
New Haven Clock Company
The Sir Christopher model from New Haven Clock Company’s 1890 catalog places an ornate timepiece beside a seated historical figure.
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