Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Tall Case Clock
1801-1900
John Fisher
USA: Pennsylvania, Yorktown
Wood; glass; paint
overall: 94 x 20 x 10 in.; 238.76 x 50.8 x 25.4 cm
Gift of Mrs. Willis R. Michael
77.80.6a-g

Tall Case Clock; a: trunk: rectangular door with curved top; on interior of door is a letter dated "Oct. 27, 1877" by "John Starry" describing how the clock was taken from Lewis W. Washington's home in Harper's Ferry, Virginia by John Brown's men during his raid, followed by the next owners of the clock; b: hood: square top, no finials; four smooth columns; c: pendulum; d-e: weights; f: movement: reads "John Fisher/ York Town"; moon painted at top; g: door key: has tag that reads "John Fisher York #27".