Tall case clock with works by A. W. Baldwin of Lampeter Square. Federal style cherry case has no carving on tympanum, scrolled crest terminating in roundels, three slender urn finials on plain plinths, four thin free-standing columns on bonnet, wide chamfers on corners of waist and base, and four turned feet. Veneer on tympanum, bonnet door, band above pendulum door and a veneer border surrounding plain panel on base. Unusual feature is a backward curve at the top of the tympanum as well as the top of the bonnet door.
Several notes tacked on interior state clock was purchased by John Mylin on Apr. 3,1829, from A.W. Baldwin for $46.00. Another note says daughter Frances Mylin Keen purchased clock for $10 from the estate of Eli K. Mylin in 1919.
Clockworks made by A. W. Baldwin and case attributed to John Bachman per John Snyder, Jr. He states on p. 60 of Clockmakers of Lancaster Co., "There are strong grounds for attributing this case, and others housing works by A. W. Baldwin to Jacob Bachman."
Provenance
Owned by four generations of the Mylin family. Original owner was John Mylin (1804-1857) of W. Lampeter Twp. who purchased clock from Baldwin in 1828/9 for $46.00. Then passed to son Eli K. Mylin (1833-1918), farmer in Pequea Twp. Then purchased from Eli's 1919 estate sale by his daughter Frances Mylin Keen (1865-1956), Mrs. Harry Grant Keen of Lancaster City. Finally passed to her daughter Lulu Mary Keen (1888-1966) and gifted to LHO by bequest of her estate.
According to Gary Hawbaker, John Mylin (1804-1857) was called Valley John. Hawbaker owns several of his record books.
See G.01.28.1 for painting of the Eli K. Mylin farm (Eli was the 2nd owner of the clock).
Dietrich American Foundation owns an Eli Haverstick fraktur, a birth certificate for the family of the original clock owners, John and Elizabeth Kendig Mylin and their two sons Amos and Eli K. Mylin.
Place of Origin
Lampeter, West Lampeter Twp.
Related Item Notes
See G.01.28.1 for painting of the Eli K. Mylin farm (Eli was the 2nd owner of the clock).
Dietrich American Foundation owns an Eli Haverstick fraktur birth certificate for the family of the original clock owners, John and Elizabeth Kendig Mylin and their two sons Amos and Eli K. Mylin.
Usage
Mylin family
Credit
Bequest of Lulu M. Keen in memory of Harry G. Keen and Frances M. Keen.
