Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Wall |
Catalog Number |
82.81.1 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
Calendar |
Date |
c.1890 |
Description |
8-day time only brass movement with Albert F. Wells/Friendship, NY perpetual calendar mechanism patented July 30, 1889. Label reads, "Manufactured by Waterbury Clock Company/ 10 Cortlandt St. New York Oak case The perpetual calendar mechanism is activated by an 8-day spring powered timepiece movement. Mint labels on the outside of the backboard include instructions for setting of the calendar movement. This clock hung in a Knights of Pythias hall from 1892 until 1982. |
Maker |
Waterbury Clock Company |
Material |
Brass, wood, glass |
Place of Origin |
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA |
Notes |
A 30263 2 slides in slide cabinet 1 Updated by Cara M. Lower 7/24/14 C |