Charles Stratton Worcester, Massachusetts. A mahogany-cased OG clock. 223010.

Charles Stratton of Worcester, Massachusetts, made the og clock circa 1836. The case features highly-figured mahogany veneers. The mirror in the lower section of the door is original to the clock. The wooden dial is wonderfully decorated with gilt patterns and features Roman-style hour numerals and a dotted minute ring. The wooden works 30-hour movement is weight driven. The Clockmaker's label is pasted inside the clock on the backboard. It is in excellent overall condition. It reads, "EXTRA / CLOCKS, Manufactured and Sold / WHOLESALE AND RETAILED BY / CHARLES STRATTON, / WORCESTER, MASS. 1842. / Warranted if Well Used. The Public may rest assured that CLOCKS made at this FACTORY are equal, if not superior, to any ever made in this country." The label was printed by Lewis Metcalf, Printer, No 15 Central Exchange, Worcester, Mass.

This is a fantastic example. Very few survive in this condition.

Charles Stratton was born in 1809 and died in 1854. He worked in Holden as a Clockmaker from 1835-1841 and then moved to Worcester, MA, until 1845. In 1845 his business failed, and he was forced to move to Hartford, Connecticut. Thirty-hour wooden works movements, and eight-day examples have been found. Many of the Holden and Worcester examples are dated, as is this example on the label. 

Inventory Number 223010.