ridgeway grandfather clock serial number 82178

RIDGEWAY GRANDFATHER CLOCK SERIAL NUMBER 82178 FULL

The wood has a pressed oval with Ridgeway marked in the center and the Gravely Furniture Company of Ridgeway, Virginia”ĭial: An arched brass alloy dial with silvered Roman hour chapter ring, closed minute track, filigree brass dial center with ‘Ridgeway’ name under twelve, ‘West Germany’ under the six position and machine stamped Chippendale style hands. There is a brass plaque on the façade of the case with an engraved presentation, “To my Wife on Mother’s Day, Edward, May 11, 1980”. The sides of the case have open brass grillwork in the hood, glazed panels in the waist and stained oak in the sides of the base. There is a concave molding leading down to the stepped broad flat base sitting flat to the floor.

RIDGEWAY GRANDFATHER CLOCK SERIAL NUMBER 82178 FULL

The full-length door is flanked by full length flat segmented pilasters with a corbel at the uppermost level. The bottom of the door is a rectangular panel with concentric stepped raised applied panels at the center. The upper section of the glazed door overlies the dial while the largest section is the glass waist through which one can see the arc of the pendulum as it swings, and the descent of the three brass canister weights. This stained Virginia oak Hall clock has a dome-shaped, stepped and convex “break-arch” pediment with an arched cornice just above the arched glazed tripartite dial door.

circa 1980.Ĭase: Size not provided but approximately 75-80' in height. Stained oak, three weight, eight-day time, strike and quarterly chiming, Presentation Hall clock (aka the modern grandfather clock), imported West German movement (possibly made by ‘Urgos’), made by the Ridgeway (Gravely) Furniture Company, Ridgeway, Va.

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Perhaps my only grandfather clock for now. I will simply swap the movement out with an identical one since Hermle continues to make this movement to this day. When it fails it is more cost effective to replace the movement rather than bring someone in to repair it. The clock runs very well and to within a minute a week. Nonetheless, it is impossible to verify since very little information about the original company exists to this day. I have also seen the clock referred to as the Hamilton Country model. The clock is very similar to the Sussex model as shown in this advertising brochure. In this case the ubiquitous 451-033, with 114 cm pendulum and 60 bps. In the 1990s the German clock company Hermle was the principle supplier. Later ones did this has a Hermle movement. The seller advertised that it had a quality Keininger movement. Moon phase with constellationĪnd it came with the original cabinet key. Howard Miller continues to offer the Ridgeway line. The Pulaski company struggled financially in later years and was eventually bought out by the Howard Miller Clock Company in 2004. It was made by the Pulsaski Furniture Company. It stands 83 inches tall, has a scalloped bonnet crown, functional blue moon dial with constellation, 5-rod Westminster chime with shut-off, stately columns with brass base and caps, raised Arabic numerals, oak solids and veneers, brass lyre pendulum with 10 5/8 polished bob and access panels on each side. Clock face showing moon dial and raised Arabic numerals The smaller homes that many folks prefer today simply means there there is no room for a clock this size. Unfortunately, this type of clock takes a real hit on the used market. The brass was bright and shiny and the only indication of its age (1996) is slight tarnishing of the column capitals. When I called the seller and asked what he meant by “excellent” he said, “You have to see it to believe it”. The ad said that the clock was in excellent condition. In 2012 I was perusing a local for-sale site and came upon this particular Ridgeway grandfather clock. Should every clock collector have a Grandfather (tall case or long case) clock? No, but it was something I had always wanted.

Ridgeway grandfather clock serial number 82178