Dwarf clocks, popular during the first quarter of the nineteenth century in America, were made by many tall case makers in New England including Joshua Wilder (1786-1800) and Reuben Tower (w.1810-30) of Hingham, Massachusetts. With its arched pediment, unadorned case, molded case door, and shaped skirt, the clock offered here is related to a clock by Reuben Tower, made between 1810 and 1830 and illustrated in Bishop and Distin, The American Clock (New York, 1976), p.77, figs. 145.