Mahogany astronomical and musical tall-case clock. The hood has a molded and carved top with an open brace of four arms supporting a turned and carved ball-and-flame finial, pierced fretwork, molded arches on four sides, free-standing fluted columns at the four corners, with carved brackets above the columns. There are four glazed doors, providing views to the time dial, the orrery, the musical selections and the clockworks. Waist with cove molding and carved acanthus leaves at the top, fluted engaged columns at the four corners, and a case door with concave top corners. Blocked base with ogee molding at the top, and ogee molding at the bottom. Composite brass time dial with roman hour numerals and arabic minute numerals, applied cast ornament in the spandrels, registers in the spandrels to engage the music and orrery, and a moon phase dial in the lunette. Inside the chapter ring there is an applied name plaque engraved "Jos h Ellicott Pennsylvania No 32." Sweep seconds hand. Eight day movement. Painted dial with twenty-four song titles engraved on the chapter ring. Imagery of cherubs in the spandrels. Two openings provide access to the governors and allow adjustment of the speed at which the tune is played. The smaller cylinder is pinned with tunes that play on the hour. The larger cylinder is pinned with tunes that play every three hours. Tunes listed: [outer ring] Captain Read's Minuet, Address to Sleep, Willingham Frolick, Humours of Waping, Seaman's Hymn, Black Sloven, Free Mason's Wealth, King of Prussia March, The Pilgrim, Dear Cloe Give Me Sweet Kisses, [inner ring] Lady Coventry's Minuet, The Hounds are All Out, The Lass with a Delicate Air, Come Brave Boys, God Save the King, Nancy Dawson, Lads and Lasses, Loveley Nancy, Balance a Straw, Harvest Home. Orrery with bands of silvered brass and painted spheres to represent the motions of the earth, moon, and sun, along with five plants. Two subsidiary dials in the upper spandrels indicate the days of the week and the hours. A large applied dial in the lunette indicates the year and bears the inscription "Years according to the Christian Era."
