Beehive clocks appear in Jerome catalogs from 1852 and 1853 and are described as “Tudor Style”. This style was also known as a round gothic, as opposed to the steeple, which was known as the sharp gothic. Although probably introduced around the same time as the steeple, the beehive was apparently made in much fewer numbers by Jerome (based on their relative scarcity today).
Typical Jerome label of the early 1850s, which serves primarily to advertise the various products of the Jerome Manufacturing Co.
30-hr spring-driven movement made by A.S. Platt & Co. Platt supplied many movements to Jerome during the 1850s. Platt was so reliant on Jerome’s business that, when Jerome went bankrupt in 1856, Platt followed shortly thereafter. The maker’s stamp states “C. JEROME/NEW HAVEN CONN/USA”.
Rear view of movement.
Jeweler’s sticker on the back of the clock. There was a Theodore Even working as a jeweler in Chicago in the early 1900s. I suspect this sticker was put on when the clock was in for servicing.