Weymouth, Massachusetts, painted metal face with wagging ship movement, second dial, signed on the face, arched hood with fretwork, inlaid plinths and brass finials, hinged tombstone door with light and dark wood line inlay, fluted and inlaid fully turned columns, hinged waist door with banded and corner inlays, stop fluted corner columns surmounting flower and vase inlays, the base with repeating banded and corner inlays, ogee bracket feet, with pendulum, three weights, winding key and case key.

87 x 19 x 11 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1911, Elmer Stennes began working as a carpenter throughout the 1930s. During World War II, he was employed at a Boston shipyard, and sometime thereafter he cultivated an interest in clockmaking. By 1948, he operated a thriving business making various inlaid clock forms including banjo clocks, shelf clocks, girandoles, and tall case clocks. His cases were worked in mahogany, native pine, native birch, maple and often inlaid. The movements were sourced from antiques, rebuilt and installed into his handcrafted cases. Nicknamed "The craftsmen of Tick Tock Lane,” Elmer was also remembered for the murder of his wife Eva in 1968. After serving only a little over two years, he resumed the business. However, in 1975 Elmer would eventually himself be murdered.

Cracks and repair to upper right fretwork panel; overall good condition. Please see Terms and Conditions of Sale: Clocks and Watches.