Antique Painted Dials
Here are some examples of early American and English long case clock dials. These dials were all painted by hand during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s.
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What is a Clock?
A clock is an instrument used to indicate, measure, keep, and coordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately (via Dutch, Northern French, and Medieval Latin) from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning “bell”. For horologists and other specialists the term clock continues to mean exclusively a device with a striking mechanism for announcing […]