Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Shelf |
Catalog Number |
79.50.36 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
OG |
Date |
1870 |
Description |
c. 1870 Welch Manufacturing Co. Miniature OG with 30-hour brass spring driven time and strike movement, 4-wheel train, painted zinc Roman dial with flowered corners and scalloped center cutout. Label: Thirty Hour Brass Clocks, Springs Warranted Not To Fail. Manufactured and Sold by the E. N. Welch, Mfg. Co., Forestville, Conn., U.S.A. Calhoun Printing Company, Hartford, Conn. on back of case indicating the paper. , Hartford, Mahogany veneered OOG case with reverse painted and printed tablet with cobalt blue background and yellow beehive. Pendulum bob in envelope in the case at bottom. |
Maker |
E. N. Welch Manufacturing Company |
Material |
Brass, glass, zinc, wood, paper |
Place of Origin |
Forestville, Connecticut, USA |