A Bornholm long case clock "Bornholmerur"
2026.00018
from the collection of
Creation Date
1871Dimensions
76" H x 16" W x 8.5" D
Description
The Bornholm clockmaking tradition began in the 1740s when, legend has it, a Dutch ship ran aground, damaging a number of English longcase clocks in its cargo. The clocks were delivered to a woodworker in Rønne for repair. As he repaired them, he gained such insight into the design of the clocks that he began making them himself. By the nineteenth century, these clocks from Bornhom (“Bornholmer”) had became so popular that they were synonymous with the quiet comfort of a hyggelig home.
The face of the clock names the clockmaker, M. Jørgen Møller and date, 1871.