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Commemorative wall clock: Columbus, Anno 1492

Commemorative wall clock: Columbus, Anno 1492
Name: 
CLOCK
Commemorative wall clock: Columbus, Anno 1492
1892 1893
Country: 
United States Norwalk Ohio
Accession: 
86.16.2
Bostwick & Burgess Maker
Collection: 
Object
Industrial Design
World's Fairs and Expositions
Subject: 
Christopher Columbus , World's Fairs and Expositions , Commemoration , Industrial Design
Inches 14 5-3/4 4-1/2, Centimeters 35.6 14.6 11.4
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
86.16.2.JPG
Tags: 
World's Fairs and Expositions~Industrial Design
Carved and stained wood clock; one hand one-day weight driven wall timepiece with wood movement; includes two hammered cast iron weights, one large and other small with two small wooden knobs and chord.
Commemorative wall clock: Columbus, Anno 1492
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  • Title :     Commemorative wall clock: Columbus, Anno 1492
  • Artist:     Bostwick & Burgess Maker
  • Accession:     86.16.2
  • Country:     United States Norwalk Ohio
  • Date:     1892 1893
  • Dimensions:     Inches 14 5-3/4 4-1/2, Centimeters 35.6 14.6 11.4
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Industrial Design
  • Collection Theme:     World's Fairs and Expositions
  • Subject:     Christopher Columbus , World's Fairs and Expositions , Commemoration , Industrial Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     86.16.2.JPG
  • Tags:     World's Fairs and Expositions~Industrial Design
Description:
Carved and stained wood clock; one hand one-day weight driven wall timepiece with wood movement; includes two hammered cast iron weights, one large and other small with two small wooden knobs and chord.
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