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Set Thomas 1900's Antique Manual Desk Clock
Set Thomas Antique # 1 ADAMANTINE Mantel Clock
Antique Seth Thomas Dana #1 Adamantine Mantel Clock. Sonoran chime. Circa 1913. Case is excellent. Original label.1 key included. Clock and chimes are working, but not sure about accuracy. Measures approximately 8-1/4” wide X 10” tall X 5-1/2” deep.
The original face shows some discoloration. The case, bezel and glass are in excellent condition.
Includes Key and Pendulum weight
Works properly
Instruction is hand written Behind the back door by previous owner in 1985
Circa 1900's
Shape Rectangle
Color Brown
Year Manufactured 1912
Vintage Yes
Brand Seth Thomas
Type Mantle shelf clock
Display Type Analog
Era Early 20th Century (1911-1940)
Model Dana
Style Antique
Frame Material Wood
Original/Reproduction Original
Features 8-Day
Time Period Manufactured 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture United States
Finish Adamantine
Seth Thomas (1785 — 1859) was an American clockmaker and a pioneer of mass production at his Seth Thomas Clock Company.
Biography
Thomas was born in Wolcott, Connecticut, in 1785. He was apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner, and worked building houses and barns. He started in the clock business in 1807, working for clockmaker Eli Terry. Thomas formed a clock-making partnership in Plymouth, Connecticut, with Eli Terry and Silas Hoadley as Terry, Thomas & Hoadley.
In 1810, he bought Terry's clock business, making tall clocks with wooden movements, though he chose to sell his partnership in 1812, moving in 1813 to Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut, where he set up a factory to make metal-movement clocks. In 1817, he added shelf and mantel clocks. By the mid-1840s, he changed over to brass from wooden movements. He made the clock that is used in Fireman's Hall. He died in 1859, whereupon the company was taken over by his son, Aaron, who added many styles and improvements after his father's death. The company went out of business in 2009.