CLOCK
Datecirca 1830
Dimensions120 x 49 x 25 cm
Object numberHF.80.93.6
DescriptionTall grandfather clock. The capital is removable with a glass panel in front of the clock face. On this wood that holds the glass in place is a small square brass pull. On either side of the door is a grecian style column. The weight case has a door with brass lock and rectangular inlay in lower portion. The upper section of the weight case has an arched impression. The base is inlaid with sections of veneer. The base of the clock has four simple feet. The capital is topped with two scrolls. This clock was made by Charlottetown clockmaker, John Trenaman.
Narrative
A well-known Charlottetown clockmaker, John Trenaman was born at Ermington, Devon, England in 1792. He married Mary Collins (1790-1852) in 1813, the same year these miniature portraits were painted. The couple immigrated to Prince Edward Island at some point prior to 1820. Trenaman established himself in Charlottetown selling tall-case clocks, ogee clocks and watches, likely imported from England and America. After Mary died in Charlottetown, John remarried Catherine Mason in 1855. John died in 1868 and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Charlottetown, PEI.
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