Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Shelf |
Catalog Number |
79.50.8 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
Gilt Column |
Date |
1853 |
Description |
c. 1853 Seth Thomas shelf clock 30-hour weight-driven brass time and strike movement with "T" front plate stamped S. Thomas Plymouth Conn USA, label on inside back of case: Brass Clocks, Made and Sold by Seth Thomas, Plymouth Hollow, Conn. Steam Press of Elihu Geer, 10 State Street, Hartford, Conn., Painted zinc Roman dial with cutout center and raised chapter, gilt column case with ashwood veneer, stenciled and painted tablet with William B. Fenn style eagle, red-brown background. |
Maker |
Seth Thomas |
Material |
Wood, metal, glass, zinc |
Place of Origin |
Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut, USA |
Notes |
No weights or pendulum |