Clocks
A clock is on display in nearly every public room at Hill-Stead. The diverse collection includes American, English, French and Scottish varieties. Numerous bracket or shelf clocks made of wood, marble or brass are exhibited, as is one tall case clock. Notable are a 19th-century timepiece by Massachusetts clock maker Elnathan Taber, a c. 1820 Scottish tall case clock with an enameled dial by Robert MacAdam, and an unusual water clock thought to be a 19th-century reproduction of a 17th-century English piece. A French Louis XVI clock with a rhinestone studded pendulum, modeled after a clock owned by Marie Antoinette, is another significant piece.