Parabiographies entry, Volume for 1910
Text by William Gray Purcell
for 1912

142B. A HALL CLOCK

This tall clock is creative and imaginative in design, rich in detail. I christened it the Grandchildren's Clock. Considered as a whole, an object of semi-utility, it seemed to me from the first not related to the entrance hall where it was to stand, and sort of unrelated to itself. The facing-front "elevation" is fine, but seems to be a surface and not felt deeply. The side and the front seem to be unrelated. The cast bronze face with its jewel-like ornament is in Mr. Elmslie's best spirit, and shows the marvelous skill of Christian Schneider as a modeler. The exquisitely delicate and highly ornamental clock hands of solid gold are a masterpiece of decorative design by George and of craftsmanship by Robert Jarvie the silversmith who also made the aviation cups, our operation #126. The pierced opening of the sawed mahogany behind which the pendulum is seen to swing, is a charming conceit - the design in four-part rhythm.  The origins and terminations of the pattern in each square are arranged in such a way that the movement of the lines stops and starts, "Tick Tock, Tick Tock." (It was not an electric clock! Not in those days!)