A while ago, I wrote about how my wife’s sister sent her a clock… a special clock that had huge family sentiment to Laura. When it arrived, we opened the box and found only crumbs and twisted wire … as you can observe in the picture on the far left above.
Laura was distraught and wanted to toss it all as it was too painful to see. This particular clock was something special to her, she would walk by it as a child, stare at for a few minutes and smile… so, OBVIOUSLY, I had to save it!
The largest piece was about 2 inches long and knowing where to begin was quite a challenge. I did not remember the clock myself so it was a bit of a puzzle. There was also another troubling issue… how do you repair stone? Although restoration experts might be shocked… I discovered “Gorilla Glue” and it held marble together wonderfully! It wasn’t without further challenges, but by sorting the many tiny pieces together first by thickness… then by fit … I finally got the idea of how it might have looked.
This experience brought me back. There was a time that archeology held my complete interest in college … so in a meaningful way … I felt I was putting together some Etruscan urn on a lost dig. The experience was very satisfying … and Laura is very pleased.
Roger Freberg
Note: the pendulum clock movement was by ‘Japy Freres’ a French (Beaucourt) clock maker until around 1910
Now, I don’t often get to do this when I am talking about wine… but it is fun to find a wine that few people know about… or have even tried.