Gustave Herter (working 1854-1865) 
New York City, ca. 1857-1865 

Virginia Caroll Crawford Collection, 1984.143 

Gustave Herter was listed as a sculptor on the 
papers he signed in 1850 in New York renouncing 
his citizenship of Wurttemberg in Germany.  Soon 
he was in business as a furniture maker, and his 
interest in carving is evident on this clock.  Its 
coffin-like shape suggests the passage of time.