Object Record
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Object Name |
Clock, Shelf |
Catalog Number |
78.83.1 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
Marine |
Description |
Shelf Clock- c. 1851-54 "Paris" model with 30-hour marine time piece movement with Samuel N. Botsford's lever escapement with 4-arm plain brass balance, inlaid with mother-of-pearl floral front made by Litchfield Manufacturing Company, Litchfield, Connecticut. Porcelain Roman dial. Label: "Botsford's Improved Patent Lever Marine Timepiece". Manufactured by the Jerome Manufact'ng Co., New Haven, Ct. Mounted on wooden base with glass dome. |
Maker |
Jerome Manufacturing Company |
Place of Origin |
New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Notes |
9 slides in slide cabinet 1 |