MINIATURE OOG SHELF CLOCK MADE BY THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. ca.1870 

 SPRING DRIVEN 30-HR. TIME AND STRIKE MOVEMENT AND VERY COLORFUL REVERSE PAINTED LOWER GLASS 

OUTSTANDING MAHOGANY VENEERED CASE

FULL-SIZED OG (OGEE) CLOCKS (HEIGHT APPROX. 26") ARE RELATIVELY COMMON AND, THUS, EASY TO FIND AT A LOWER COST.  MINIATURE OG CLOCKS (HEIGHT APPROX. 18") ARE CONSIDERABLY LESS COMMON AND GENERALLY MORE DESIRABLE BECAUSE OF THAT.  THIS CLOCK HAS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE THAT IT HAS AN OOG CASE WHERE, INSTEAD OF FLAT MOLDING BEING PRESENT AROUND THE DOOR FRAME AND OUTER EDGE OF THE CASE AS FOUND WITH AN OG CASE, THE OOG CASE HAS CONCAVE MOLDING AROUND THE DOOR FRAME AND CONVEX MOLDING AROUND THE OUTER EDGE OF THE CASE.  THE FRONT OF THE CASE, INCLUDING ALL THE MOLDING, IS COVERED WITH EXCELLENT ALTERNATING DARK AND LIGHT STRIPED MAHOGANY VENEER.  THE SIDES AND TOP ARE COVERED WITH RELATIVELY PLAIN STRAIGHT GRAINED MAHOGANY VENEER.  ALL THE VENEER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CASE MAY HAVE BEEN REFINISHED AT SOME EARLIER DATE AS THE FINISH LOOKS TO BE IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION. SOME PREVIOUS SMALL VENEER LOSS WAS EXPERTLY REPAIRED.

WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CLOCK NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO IT WAS MISSING ITS DIAL AND LOWER GLASS.  THE DIAL I MADE MYSELF FROM 1/32" THICK STEEL SHEET THAT WAS SPRAY PRIMED AND PAINTED WITH AN OFF-WHITE COLOR. THE ROMAN NUMERAL DIAL WAS INKED BY HAND BY MYSELF AS THE ORIGINAL WOULD HAVE BEEN IF IT WERE PRESENT.  THE COLORFUL REVERSE PAINTED LOWER TABLET WAS MADE BY TOM MOBERG WHO IS AN EXCELLENT REVERSE-PAINTING ARTIST.

  

THE DARK BLUE LABEL IS MOSTLY PRESENT; SOME LOSS IS OBSERVED AT THE BOTTOM WHERE A 'KNOT' WAS PRESENT IN THE SOFT WOOD BACK.  THE KNOT WAS LOST (ALONG WITH PART OF THE LABEL) AND THE HOLE COVERED BY A PREVIOUS OWNER.  THE PRINTER'S LOCATION, i.e., NEW HAVEN, CONN., CAN BE SEEN NEAR THE MIDDLE, BOTTOM OF THE LABEL.  HOWEVER, THE PRINTER'S NAME HAS BEEN LOST.  IT WAS LIKELY EITHER J(OHN). H. BENHAM OR J. H. BENHAM & SON AS THEY MADE MOST OF THE LABELS FOR THE EARLIER NEW HAVEN CLOCKS.

THE 30-HR. TIME AND STRIKE MOVEMENT IS STAMPED ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG OF THE FRONT PLATE WITH THE NEW  HAVEN NAME AND LOGO.  THE SHAPE OF THE CUTOUT AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT PLATE MAKES THE MOVEMENT EASILY RECOGNIZABLE AS HAVING COME FROM THE NEW HAVEN FACTORY.  SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF THIS MOVEMENT CAN BE OBSERVED IN TRAN DUY LY'S BOOK TITLED NEW HAVEN CLOCKS & WATCHES (PUBLISHED IN 1997) AS NEW HAVEN USED THIS MOVEMENT IN VARIOUS CLOCKS FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS.  SEE THE LAST PHOTO FOR ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.  THE 2 MOVEMENTS ARE ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THE SHAPE OF THE ESCAPE WHEEL BRIDGE.  THE BRIDGE WITH TAPERED NECK FOUND ON THE MOVEMENT OF THIS CLOCK INDICATES THAT IT WAS MADE SOMETIME AROUND 1870 OR AFTER COMPARED TO A BRIDGE WITH A SHOULDERED NECK AS FOUND IN THE LAST PHOTO AND MADE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1856 AND 1870.  THE MOVEMENT WAS SERVICED SOME 15 YEARS AGO AND APPEARS TO BE RUNNING FINE. IT WAS RUN VERY LITTLE DURING THAT TIME SO IT SHOULD RUN FINE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO COME AS LONG AS THE 'BEAT' IS PROPERLY ADJUSTED. I WILL LUBRICATE IT AGAIN BEFORE SENDING JUST TO MAKE CERTAIN IT HAS FRESH OIL AROUND THE PIVOTS. I ADDED THE PERIOD DECORATED BRASS SHEET PENDULUM WITH LEAD BACKING. THE KEY IS STAMPED NEW HAVEN WITH ITS TRADEMARK.  I SUSPECT THIS IS A REPRODUCTION KEY. THE HANDS ARE NEWER ALSO.

ALL IN ALL, A VERY NICE MINIATURE OOG CLOCK IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION THAT WILL LOOK GREAT ON A SHELF, PIECE OF FURNITURE OR MANTLE.  

THIS WILL BE DOUBLE BOXED AND SHIPPED VIA FEDEX.

THANKS FOR LOOKING!