Creator
L.E. (Luther Elliott) Jerome.
Title
Clock Case Patent Drawing.
Coverage
Washington, D.C.:
Publisher
United States Patent Office,
Date
September 14, 1886.
Description
The youngest son of famous Connecticut clock inventor and manufacturer Chauncey Jerome (1793-1868), L.E. Jerome (1841-1904) assigned his five patents to the New Haven Clock Company that was run by his relatives. This design in the form of a parade lantern was twice rejected before the patent was issued. Put into production, it cost $12 in the firm’s 1889 catalogue. The antique-brass case was decorated with perforations, jewels and a five-inch ‘opal’ dial. Price in antique silver was $13.
Source
From the Collection of Bob Frishman