Maker (clockworks): Frederick Heisely, American, 1759–1839, Tall Case Clock, Walnut, yellow-poplar, painted sheet iron, 100 1/4 × 20 7/16 × 11 1/4 in. (254.7 × 51.9 × 28.6 cm), Tallcase clocks needed at least two, and sometimes three, trades in their

Maker (clockworks): Frederick Heisely, American, 1759–1839, Tall Case Clock, Walnut, yellow-poplar, painted sheet iron, 100 1/4 × 20 7/16 × 11 1/4 in. (254.7 × 51.9 × 28.6 cm), Tallcase clocks needed at least two, and sometimes three, trades in their fabrication—a cabinetmaker for the case, a clockmaker for the movement, and a dial painter for the dial. By the 1780s painted dials, often manufactured in England, began to supercede brass ones. Cabinetmakers in Maryland followed contemporary designs from Philadelphia. Here, architectural flourishes, such as the broken scroll pediment terminating in carved rosettes, accent the case work. , Made in Frederick, Maryland, American, 18th century, Timepieces. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)