Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Wall |
Catalog Number |
89.20 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
Banjo Regulator |
Date |
c.1860 |
Description |
This E. Howard & Company No. 2 banjo clock with an 8-day time only brass movement hung on the wall of the Secretary of War Edwin Stanton's office during the Civil War. This office, next door to the White House, was visited frequently by President Lincoln during the tumultuous years of the Civil War. The clock can be clearly seen in a sketch by Theodore R. Davis of Secretary of War Stanton's office during the Civil War. |
Maker |
E Howard and Company |
Material |
brass, wood, glass, steel |
Place of Origin |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Notes |
Accessioned 32686 C |