Mora clock

This cooperative manufacture of clocks in Mora arose as a source of supplemental income for the farm families of this agriculturally poor region.

Regional differences exist within Sweden as to the styles of Mora Clocks made.

Gunnar Pipping has estimated that more than 50,000 Mora clock mechanisms were made throughout the 19th century.

Within 80 years, however, competition from inexpensive German and American clocks helped put an end to this cottage industry.

Regional difference existed in the style of Mora clocks made during this period.

A Mora clock dating from 1834, with later painting on the case
A side view of an early 19th-century Mora clock mechanism
The front view of a Mora clock mechanism, minus the face