November 16, 2003, 23:07
Phil DellingerBase and Ball Feet Chelsea Ships Bell Clock
I have this nice CHELSEA SHIPS BELL clock and wonder if someone could help place a current price value on it, and add any information that may be available.I found the following information from The Chelsea Museum.
Base and Ball Feet Chelsea Clock - The "Chelsea" 8-day high grade - Hour and Half Hour Ships striking Bell - S/N 23972 ca 1905-1909
4 1/2" Plain Silvered (Arabic Numbers) Metal Dial - Hinged Bezel - Design of Case and Base patented Oct. 24, 1905. Keeps excellent time and the ships bells remind me of the San Francisco cable car sounds (DING DING).
Here is some other interesting information that I discovered on the internet about a Boyd Park of Salt Lake City. I am thinking that this is the person whose name appears on the dial of this clock.
Denver Post, Denver, Colo.
January 4, 1899 Page 5
DEATH OF JERVIS JOSLIN
One of Denver's Oldest and Most Respected Pioneers Passes Away.
Jervis Joslin, senior member of the firm of Joslin & Park, jewelers, died this morning at 5:30, at his residence, 1345 Pearl Street, after a short illness of four or five days. Pneumonia, the result of a cold, contracted last week, caused his death.
For thirty-eight years Mr. Joslin had been closely identified with the business interest of Denver and the West. All those years the firm of Joslin & Park had been one of the staunchest and best known in this part of the country. The two main houses of the firm are now established in Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah. They formerly had branches in Cheyenne and Leadville.
Mr. Joslin was 62 years old and highly respected. He had a large circle of friends and had been prominent in social and musical circles. He was a man of refined tastes and was a great lover of music and musicians. His collections of violins is one of the finest in this country, many of the instruments having cost him fabulous sums of money.
Aside from conducting a general jewelry business, he has been interested in mining and other interests.
A brother, J. Jay Joslin, a wife and two children, Ralph Joslin and Miss Eleanor Joslin, survive him. Mr. Joslin was deeply attached to his family and his death comes as a great shock to both relatives and friends.
Mrs. Jervis Joslin and her son Ralph were at the father's bedside to the last. The daughter, who is studying in Boston, was notified Tuesday of her father's illness and is hastening home, unaware of the sad news awaiting her.
Boyd Park, the junior member of the firm , and Mr. Joslin's partner for nearly forty years, who is living in Salt Lake, left there yesterday for Denver and will reach here in time to attend the funeral.
When deceased started in business in Denver it was the straggling little village of Aurora. He was young and ambitious, and having confidence in the future of the place, made up his mind to settle here. The firm of Joslin & Park was started, prosperity followed the venture, branch houses were opened in Salt Lake, Cheyenne, then in Leadville, and for these many years the firm of Joslin & Park was as well known in the Rocky Mountain region as Tiffany in New York.
Mr. Joslin, being a great lover of music, was always surrounded by a music-loving coterie of friends.
Every noted musician who has visited this section of the country during the past quarter of a century knows Jervis Joslin. One of his warmest friends and admirers was Remenyl, who was always a guest of the deceased while in Denver.
Mr. Joslin was a true lover of art and in his quiet way enjoyed everything of an elevating character. In his home he was dearly loved and his sudden demise has brought sorrow to all.
Contributed by: Rita Timm 1895 Denver
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