The ambience of the J. Cheney-Wells Clock Museum sets the tone. The stately presence of tall clocks stand as sentinels over smaller shelf clocks. Decorative features such as brass finials gleam in the daylight. The presence of an exposed tower clock mechanisms beats in a determined fashion. Then as the hour reaches maximum time the quaint sound of bells fills the museum solitude with music.
- A clock is more than a clock. The fancily carved wood cases reveal a sophistication of the clockmaker. Simon Willard is perhaps the most recognized name in early New England making. Clocks have so many different names such has
- Tower clock
- Banjo Clock
- Shelf Clock
- Pillar & Scroll
- Many, many more!
Clock makers of early New England were regionalized.. Central & Northern New England, Massachusetts shelf clocks. I did buy a book in the gift shop:
CLOCKMAKING in New England 1725 - 1825 by Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney.
Visiting Old Sturbridge Village is one thing and focusing on its clock museum may be just what the doctor ordered. Tempus Fugit!
ROBERT LOUIS POTVIN
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| Solomon Richard Parsonage OSV |
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| Willard Dial |
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