Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Shelf |
Catalog Number |
77.90.1 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
Blinking Eye |
Date |
c. 1870 |
Description |
30-hour time only brass movement. Spring motivated. "C. Jerome" stamped on movement. Dial uses Roman numerals to indicate hours. Wind at III-hour mark. "Continental" model cast iron blinking eye clock. Continental soldier has clock housed in his stomach. Stands on cast iron base. |
Maker |
Bradley & Hubbard (case); Chauncey Jerome (movement) |
Material |
brass, cast iron, glass |
Place of Origin |
Meriden, Connecticut, USA |
Notes |
A 28468 PT C |