FeaturesThis floor clock has a stately appeal. The graceful split pediment features a turned finial and a book matched olive ash burl overlay with a decorative shell overlay in the center.
The polished brass finished dial offers elaborate corner spandrels, center disk, and a silver chapter ring with applied brass Arabic numerals.
A lamp behind the dial illuminates the pierced astrological blue moon phase, for a delightful twinkling star effect.
A decorative olive ash burl pattern on the inside back panel is illuminated by the interior light.
Polished brass finished weight shells and pendulum with a center disk that complements the dial.
Reeded columns with turned top and bottom caps flank the door. The sculpted base offers a decorative cutout.
The lower door panel features bookmatched olive ash burl overlays in the corners that frame the crystal cut v-grooved glass.
Removable glass upper side panels allow easy access to the movement.
Cable-driven, Westminster chime Kieninger movement with automatic nighttime chime shut-off option.
Finished in Windsor Cherry on select hardwoods and veneers.
Adjustable levelers under each corner provide stability on uneven and carpeted floors.
Automatic nighttime chime shut-off option.
Cabinet is illuminated by an interior light.
You will receive a free heirloom plate, engraved with name and date, by returning the enclosed request card to Howard Miller.
Locking door for added security.
Why Do We Call Them Grandfather’s Clocks? Throughout most of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, large floor clocks were known as tall or long case clocks. In 1876, Henry Clay Work published a song entitled "Grandfather’s Clock." The four-verse song told the story of an elderly man and his beloved clock.
With the widespread popularity of Work’s 1876 song, Americans began to describe their tall case clocks as "Grandfather’s Clocks." Even Noah Webster’s dictionary pays homage to the song’s apostrophe and
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