Vintage SETH THOMAS SHARON 7W WALNUT MANTEL CLOCK with Quartz Battery Works

  
Vintage SETH THOMAS SHARON 7W WALNUT MANTEL CLOCK w/ Quartz Battery Works. Measures: 14 1/4" Tall x 9 1/8" Long x 4 7/8 Wide. Dating back to the 1950s, this clock is made by Seth Thomas Clock Company in a cathedral style cabinet with a wooden and glass door that opens for access to the inside of clock. The clock face has roman numerals, and shows the founder's name on it. The hardwood cabinet is made of walnut. Model name is Sharon 7W.

Clock has been converted from a wind-up movement to a modern quartz movement. Includes a newly installed battery. Seth Thomas (1785 - 1859) was an American clockmaker. And a pioneer of mass production at his Seth Thomas Clock Company. Thomas was born in Wolcott, Connecticut.

He was apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner, and worked building houses and barns. He started in the clock business in 1807, working for clockmaker Eli Terry.

Thomas formed a clock-making partnership in Plymouth, Connecticut. As Terry, Thomas & Hoadley. In 1810, he bought Terry's clock business, making tall clocks with wooden movements, though he chose to sell his partnership in 1812, moving in 1813 to Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut. Where he set up a factory to make metal-movement clocks. In 1817, he added shelf and mantel clocks.

By the mid-1840s, he changed over to brass from wooden movements. He made the clock that is used in Fireman's Hall. He died in 1859, whereupon the company was taken over by his son, Aaron, who added many styles and improvements after his father's death.

The company went out of business in 2009.