NEW ENGLAND CLOCK Co 100% ALL ORIGINAL LARGE MANTLE CLOCK PILLAR AND SCROLL

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� � � � � � � � � � � This is a BEAUTIFUL 100% ALL ORIGINAL example of a NEW ENGLAND CLOCK COMPANY LARGE PILLAR AND SCROLL Mantel Clock in SUPERIOR NEAR MINT condition. � � � � � � � � This one has a great design with HEAVY SOLID WOOD and ORIGINAL EVERYTHING.� The New England Clock company was one of the finest clock makers of modern times – see note below.� � � � This particular model is in near perfect condition 100% all original. � � � � � � � It has an 8-day time and strike movement, which chimes with Westminster Chimes ON 5 CHIME RODS.� The movement is nice and clean!� The clock strikes on the quarter-hour and counts the hours on the hour on chime rods with a beautiful sound.� It plays 4 notes at the first ¼, 8 notes on the half hour, 12 notes on the ¾ hour and 16 notes plus strikes the hour on the hour!� It measures 9 ½ inches high 19 ¾ inches wide and 5 ½ inches deep.� The clocks sound is rich sounding.� We have included some pictures of the movement and the chime rods also – so you can see this clocks “inner beauty”!� The movement is in great condition!� We have included some pictures of the movement and the chime rods also – so you can see this clocks “inner beauty”!� The movement is in great condition! (See picture).� The movement runs very well and keeps good time.� � � The New England Clock Company has roots dating back to around 1835 � � � � � � � when Jonathan Clark Brown and a bunch of investors started up a business named the Forestville Manufacturing Company in Forestville, Connecticut. Forestville is a section of Bristol where my father and uncles "Phillips Automotive" sold and serviced International Harvester trucks and Studebaker Packard automobiles. Forestville Manufacturing went bankrupt about 25 years later and Eliha Nils Welch, one of the debtors, absorbed it by default. For 10 years, he ran a tight ship and the company prospered. It was renamed the E. N. Welch Manufacturing Company in 1864. Welch produced a number of clocks including movements for other clock manufacturing companies and specialized in producing various springs for mechanical devices. At the turn-of-the-century, E. N. Welch wasn't doing too well. As part of their manufacturing process, they used a local foundry just down the road in order to produce castings. The foundry owner's son, William E. Sessions, took an interest in horology and bought the controlling stock in the E. N. Welch Company. In 1903, Welch jumped out and the Sessions Clock Company was organized. Under William's authority, the Sessions Clock Company produced everything required for their line of clocks, including movements, cases, dials, artwork and of coarse, castings. Sessions realized that the future of clock making was turning to electricity, so in 1930, the company expanded to produce electric clocks, timers for radios, televisions and other devices. They also kept producing traditional brass mechanical movements. In 1956, Sessions was absorbed by a company interested mainly in their timing devices. Kept as the Sessions Company, the new owners ran the operation until 1969 when the decline in business forced its liquidation. William K. Sessions, grandson of William E., disliked working for the new company, so in 1959, he left to form The New England Clock Company. Colonial style was in at that time so the New England Clock Company emphasized colonial style timepieces.� The New England Clock Company moved three times before ending up in Farmington, CT. Old Bill Sessions was no longer around and the company was absorbed by a group of investors left-over from International Silver Company in the 1980's. Their modern, one story plant produced traditional and transitional styles as well as historical reproductions of the past.� Their case work was superb, but the cost of operation in today's American society proved overwhelming. The New England Clock Company ended up like all of the other clock companies that formed its history.� � � � � � � � Has a very pleasant quiet ticking sound as it runs. � � � � � � � � � This clock is very large and heavy... read more

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