The Thistle and Velvet models reproduced from New Haven Clock Company’s 1880 catalog. Their contrasting cases show the breadth of the firm’s decorative designs.
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Source: New Haven Clock Company; Whitney Library, New Haven Museum; reproduced in NRHP nomination; Figure 1; PDF page 24
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Silent Grounds Collective, New Haven Clock Works, SGC-NC-009, NC-001, “Thistle and Velvet clocks, 1880.” Source: New Haven Clock Company; Whitney Library, New Haven Museum; reproduced in NRHP nomination; Figure 1; PDF page 24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180903082128/http://ct.gov/cct/lib/cct/New_Haven_Clock_NR_SRB_compressed.pdf#page=24. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.