William Thompson
Mantel Clock
1789
Physical Qualities
Walnut, brass, iron, glass, 15 x 11 1/4 x 8 in. (38.1 x 28.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number
2012.348
with three keys; NOT ON PG LIST
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore
Inscribed: on the clock face: "Wm. Thompson/BALTIMORE"
Retailer
William Thompson
William Thompson and William Elliot formed a partnership in Baltimore, Maryland. It was located at 55 Gay Street in 1797 and lasted one year until January 25, 1798.
Thompson seems to have been the clockmaker of the two. He may have been British trained and is listed as a watch and clockmaker in Baltimore during the period of 1795 through 1800. It is recorded that he had five apprentices learning the watchmaking trade and one learning clockmaking. He died in 1800.
http://www.delaneyantiqueclocks.com/products/detail/195/Thompson-Elliot-of-Baltimore-Marylandof-Baltimore-Maryland
Meet William Thompson
Thompson seems to have been the clockmaker of the two. He may have been British trained and is listed as a watch and clockmaker in Baltimore during the period of 1795 through 1800. It is recorded that he had five apprentices learning the watchmaking trade and one learning clockmaking. He died in 1800.
http://www.delaneyantiqueclocks.com/products/detail/195/Thompson-Elliot-of-Baltimore-Marylandof-Baltimore-Maryland
