This Jeromes & Darrow 30-hr wood works clock probably dates to the early 1830s. Although the stenciling has been touched up with paint, it was tastefully done and highlights the double cornucopia splat.
The label, printed by P. Canfield of Hartford, CT, is unusual, in that the part bearing “BRASS BUSH’D” was misprinted. It’s in the area between “Improved” and “CLOCKS”. Not only is the line slightly askew, but it’s also blurry. I suppose this is an example of “waste not, want not”. I wonder if Jerome was given a discount for the label? I also wonder if an entire run was misprinted, or if this is the only one. Roberts and Taylor, in Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock (2nd ed., Figure 97), speculate that “BRASS BUSH’D” was added after the original printing. The example they show, with apparently identical font type and size, has a clear printing. There are Jeromes & Darrow labels touting brass bushings that clearly had the brass bushing line incorporated as part of the original label design, but I agree with Roberts and Taylor that the version in my clock appears to represent a post-printing modification.
Detail showing the misprint.
Type 5.112, 30-hr, brass-bushed movement by Jeromes & Darrow.
Close-ups showing the splat and the lower part of a column.