Tall Case Clock Pendulum

Date1793

Attributed to Nathaniel Edwards Jr.

Mediumbrass, lead, steel and wood

DimensionsOH: 44"; OW: 4.6"; OD: 0.8"

Credit LineGift of Robert W. Ellis

Object number2013-37,C

DescriptionTall case clock pendulum; round brass pendulum bob backed by lead; pendulum rod passes through a semi cylinder cast into the back of the bob; steel threaded base with modern round nut; wooden rod with steel at top. The overall length of the pendulum is 44”. The wooden pendulum rod is 0.45” wide and 0.3” thick. The bob is cast metal with a brass face. It is 4.6” diameter and 0.8” thick at its center.
ProvenanceA 1896 note pasted inside the clock case door states:
"This clock was made by a Mr. Edwards at Acton Mass year 1793. Bought by my greatgrandfather Paul Hayward for $65.00. At his death my grandfather Jas Hayward bought it for $15.00. At grandfather’s death uncle Thas Buebreck bought it at auction for $10.00. And he sold it to my father Jos. H. Hayward for $2.00. J Webster Hayward. Dated at Vinton Ia, Sept. 28th 1896."

J. Webster Hayward, who moved from Acton, MA to Vinton, Iowa about 1880, gave the clock to his daughter Helen Hayward Gertrude Ellis of Vinton, Iowa. By 1972, she lived in Monrovia, CA. At that time she gave the clock to her son, Robert William Ellis of Omaha, NE. He later moved with the clock to Escondido, CA and in 2013 donated the clock to Colonial Williamsburg.