Old Clock

[Daveopie]

I found this at a garage sale south of Grand Rapids MI. I love unique items, and for $8, I couldn't pass it up. Some of the carvings are very light, so zoom for detail. The right side of the head reads "Old time is still a flying". The left side of the head reads "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may". It is about 24" tall and about 7" wide. One of a kind? Custom made?

 

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[SD51]

Welcome to T Net from another Michigander! I see those phrases are from a poem from many years ago...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Virgins,_to_Make_Much_of_Time

Can't find any info on the clock.

 

[Daveopie]

Welcome to T Net from another Michigander! I see those phrases are from a poem from many years ago...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Virgins,_to_Make_Much_of_Time

Can't find any info on the clock.

Thank you for the welcome and the information.

 

[Daveopie]

Thank you for the welcome and the information.

 

[Fat]

Is it a pocket watch time piece? I have seen something like that was “in honor” of a family member and that’s how they displayed there family heirloom pocket watch.

 

[Fat]

Is it a pocket watch time piece? I have seen something like that was “in honor” of a family member and that’s how they displayed there family heirloom pocket watch.
There’s a lot about Seth Thomas clock maker on www

 

[releventchair]

Great piece!
Unless it's marked by a maker or company , I've no info on it.

Being G.R. was "furniture city" , it could have been that a worker built the case at home and the same or another did the carving.

Kendall college of Art and Design is there too. Who knows what is floating around from there from the past?

 

[Mud Hut]

Tempus Fugit is the clock maker, isn't it?

 

[Fat]

The face of clock says Seth Thomas? IDK.

 

[Fat]

Tempis fugit..this dang speller... translation, time flies

 

[Daveopie]

The timepiece is not a pocket watch. It appears to be an inexpensive insert. It does say Seth Thomas.
Thank you for all the comments and info, this is my first post.

 

[Tony in SC]

This type clock was put together by wood workers who build a case/cabinet and then put in a cheep movement like Seth Thomas, or Sessions. The Latin phrase Tempus Fugit is "Time Flies". I would guess around 1905 or so.

 

[bradyboy]

personally, i would try to open and have a look see - top to bottom
brady

 

[GoldieLocks]

24" tall is 2 feet. It isn't a pocket watch, but a mantel piece. The top has the phrase if a NJ beer manufacturer.
"Red Tank Tempous Fugit
American Pale Ale · 5.0% ABV · ~160 cals

Red Tank Brewery · Red bank, NJ"

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

The phrase "Tempus Fugit" is Latin and goes back to Virgil's Georgics from 30 BCE +/-

It was a common phrase on garden sundials and clocks.