As the year winds down, I thought it appropriate to write about this clock. It was made by the Sessions Clock Company in Forestville, Connecticut.

The Sessions Clock Company has a long and sometimes confusing history, so let me tick off some of its more interesting facts:
1 – Opened for business in 1831 as the Barns and Welch Company.
2 – Two seperate fires in 1899 nearly destroyed the company.
3 – After 1903, the Welch name on the label gradually phased out.
4 – Manufacturing stopped in 1943 so the factory could make war materials.
5 – The Forestville plant shut down in the late 1960s after 137 years of continuous clock making.

This clock belonged to Grandma Hilma Lundahl Balbat (1903-1980). She emigrated to this country from Finland and probably bought/received this clock in December 1953. The date written on it leads us to believe it was purchased then.