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Seth Thomas

Seth Thomas is named as the maker on documented pocket watch specimens photographed and openly licensed on Wikimedia Commons. Company history, production dates and model ranges require a Tier 1 or Tier 2 horological reference and are not asserted here.

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Shelf Clock by Seth Thomas, American, ca. 1820

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Shelf Clock by Seth Thomas, American, ca. 1820

ca. 1820

Shelf Clock made by Seth Thomas (1785–1859), dated ca. 1820, from American. The museum records its materials as: Mahogany, maple, white pine. Recorded dimensions: 27 7/8 x 15 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (70.8 x 40 x 9.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 62.195. Museum note (The Met): By about 1815, Eli T…

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