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New Haven Clock Company. In the 1850s Jerome Manufacturing was the largest clockmaker in the world. In 1853 the company became known as the New Haven Clock Co producing 444000 clocks and timepieces annually. February 7 1853 - T he New Haven Clock Company is founded in New Haven Connecticut by Hiram Camp 18111892 and other clockmakers. Antique New Haven Striking Mantle Clock -date 1879 - Beautiful Pendulum Key.
These parts were supplied to the Jerome Manufacturing Company which was then the largest clock-making company in the world. Tambour No16 Humpback Mantel Clock Attached label on the underside Height. 0 bids Ending Saturday at 814AM PST 1d 6h. Sears Roebuck Company Catalog. Both mantel and wall clocks were made in the Brantford plant with Canadian wood cases but the spring-driven pendulum movements were brought in from the US. The New Haven Clock Company stands with the other famous early American clock makers like Seth Thomas Waterbury and Ansonia clock companies that were clustered in the New England area in the 1840s and 1850s.
Most of these labels note the manufacturer as Jerome Co although a few contain the New Haven Clock Co.
Place New Haven Connecticut United States Notes content Reprint of 1880 catalog. Incorporated February 7 1853 the New Haven Clock Company was formed by clockmaker Hiram Camp and others to supply clock movements to the Jerome Manufacturing Company then the largest clockmaking operation in the worldThree years later the Jerome firm went bankrupt and in April of 1856 the New Haven Clock Company raised an additional 20000 and purchased the Jerome operation. VTG NEW HAVEN STEEPLE CLOCK CASE ONLY W REV PAINTING GREENWOOD CEM. The beautiful clocks that the company created are still sought after by collectors. Sears Roebuck Company Catalog. The companys mission is to mass produce inexpensive brass clock movements for use in clocks made by Camps uncle Chauncy Jerome founder of the the Jerome Manufacturing Company located nearby.