DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: Please find photo enclosed of a clock that belonged to my grandmother. It is ceramic and it is marked "Ansonia Clock Co. New York" and it has an "A" inside a square inside a ...

Question: My daughter inherited the Ansonia clock shown in my photos from her grandparents. I have searched through 1,200 pictures in Ansonia catalogs and cannot see anything like it. The clock is ...

The story: Between the years of 1850 and 1929, the Ansonia Clock Company was one of the largest clock companies in the United States. Started in Connecticut in 1850, by Anson Phelps and two clock ...

Upon close inspection, I discovered it is an “Octagon 8 day, 30-hour clock,” made in Ansonia, Conn., by the Copper Co. — M.M. Answer: Actually, this octagon clock was made by the Ansonia ...

became a reality when the Ansonia opened in April of 1904. The total construction cost: $3 million. Considered the "grandest hotel in Manhattan," the Ansonia covered 550,000 square feet of space ...