Greetings,This beautifully carved wall-hung clock now presides over our meetings and celebrations in the Chapter Room. I cannot find the origin of this clock, but I had a marvelous time seeking out it's history.
Interviewing our elders seemed the best way of determining this history of this mystery item. One sister, a wisdom figure and former prioress, believes it might have been given to the monastery in the 1920's as a gift. The earliest she can remember others referring to it was the late 20's or very early 30's. After consulting with a few other elders at the card table, they all believed it had hung in the main hallway of the original monastery by the front entrance.
The sisters also agreed that it was a treasured item from the beginning. The wood-carved exterior was always dusted and polished to a rich shine. The winding of the clock was (and still is) done by hand; Sister Peter, the monastery's resident clock-tinker and Jane-of-all-trades was the only one to wind it for decades.
After the monastery's front buildings were rebuilt at the end of the 1990's, the clock was restored to a place of honor in the Chapter Room.
Blessings,
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