By Gilbert Clock Co
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th - early 20th century William L. Gilbert key wound, 8 day, chiming gingerbread style mantel clock. Ornate oak case with a press carved ivy design and beaded trim; gold reverse painted glass front featuring a neoclassical vase and birds on a branch. White face with black metal hands, Roman numerals and brass frame. Ornate floral / foliate brass pendulum. Includes key.
"William L. Gilbert was born in 1806 in Northfield, CT (a village of Litchfield) and became interested in the booming clockmaking business at Bristol in 1828. In that year he and his brother–in–law George Marsh purchased a clock factory and formed the firm Marsh, Gilbert & Co. In about 1835-1837 Gilbert was joined by John Birge, forming Birge,Gilbert & Company. The company name continued to change. Clockmakers Zelotas Grant, and Chauncey and Noble Jerome became partners with Gilbert from 1839-1840 to create Jerome's inexpensive 30 hour brass movement clocks under the name Jerome, Grant, Gilbert & Company. In 1840-1841 Gilbert moved to Winsted, a village within Winchester, CT and with two partners - Lucius Clarke and Ezra Baldwin - bought the old Riley Whiting clock...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Ohio Mantel Clocks