Dimensions89-3/4" x 25" x 13 3/4"
FeaturesCrafted of select hardwood solids and veneers in a Tuscany cherry finish.
Convex glass crystal on hinged top door.
Decorative carved accents and a turned urn finial on top (Removable).
Antiqued dial with Roman numerals and black serpentine hands.
Weighted shells in brushed, antiqued brass.
Beveled glass on locking mid-door.
Cable-driven, Westminster chime, Kieninger movement with automatic nighttime chime shut-off option.
Adjustable floor levelers.
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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