The dial signed 'EDW. F. CALDWELL & CO. INC./NEW YORK', the works signed 'CHELSEA CLOCK CO./BOSTON, U.S.A' and numbered '155674', the base stamped '08620'
32 in. (81.5 cm.) high, 17³⁄₄ in. (45 cm.) wide, 7¹⁄₄ in. (18.5 cm.) deep

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The design record for the present model was entered into the Caldwell & Co. ledger on 15 February 1910 for a 'Mr. Etess'. Though little is known of the supposed interior decorator, it is clear from the large number of designs commissioned from 1910 onward that his clietele likely figured among the Gilded Age elite. In addition to an order for the present clock for an anonymous patron, he also ordered an extravagant pair of torcheres from the firm, assumed to be those in the I. Burden Townsend mansion, New York.