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Wall clock

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-21696

Description

Hexagonal wall clock; wooden w/ tin face painted white w/ gray Roman numerals; metal round piece in center w/ Roman numerals spins w/ hands; 1 hand missing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wall clocks
timepieces
tin (metal)
wood (plant material)
Tin
CLOCK, WALL

Inscription

Printed label on back: ""LEVER ESCAPEMENT/ WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY/ MANUFACTURERS OF/ EIGHT DAY AND THIRTY HOUR/ BRASS CLOCKS/ AND/ TIMEPIECES/ ALSO/ REGULATORS/ IN EVERY STYLE/ (?) FACTORY WATERBURY, CONN.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Waterbury Clock Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Waterbury, CT, USA

Dimensions

10.5 x 10.5 x 2.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.3277

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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