Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Mantle Clock
ca. 1870
John Haley Bellamy (1836 – 1914); E. N. Welch Clock Co.
USA: Connecticut, Forestville
Walnut; brass; glass
overall: 19-3/4"h x 13-5-8"w x 3-1/2"d
Gift of Virginia S. Blakeslee in Memory of her father, Earle F. Spencer, Sr., and her brother, Earle F. Spencer, Jr.
88.28a-e

Masonic mantle clock; a: clock: case front carved with Masonic square and compasses and the letter "G" between pillars; other Masonic symbols in design patented by "John H. Bellamy"; 8-day brass key-wind movement with "pendulum strike patent escapement"; Welch manufacture printed paper labels inside and on back; additional label on back: "Patented Sept 10 1867 / James Ward &Co. / No. 2 Warren Avenue / Charlestown"; dial cover hinges at face of clock and around pendulum detached; b: weight; c: pendulum; d: winding key. e. glass dial cover over face of clock, surrounded by metal band with two hinges