[Mantle marble clock belonging to David Scott Mitchell]
[Mantle marble clock belonging to David Scott Mitchell]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1879-1907
Call Numbers
LR 47 , Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 63
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Physical Description
Contents
Objects - 29.2 x 22.3 x 13.3 cm. (clock) ; 5 x 4.7 cm. (key) ; 8.1 x 4 cm. (balance) - 1 mantle clock, made of grey-white flecked marble and black slate, case is in the architectural style with top pediment, the face has Roman numerals and centre mechanism exposed over which is a beveled glass front...
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
a. Clock
b. Key
c. Balance
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Mantle marble clock belonging to David Scott Mitchell]
Variant title
Exhibited as: Mantle clock owned by David Scott Mitchell, c 1879-1907
Notes
General note
Dated from 1878, the year Ansonia Clock Company transferred the business from their premisis in Connecticut to Brooklyn, New York. -- Reference: "Early American Clocks"; edited by D. Maust. Warman Publishing Co: Uniontown, PA., U.S.A, 1971
At the centre of the clock below hands is Ansonia's trademark that consists of an "A" with a square inside...
Signature / Inscriptions
Printed in black text on lower part of face, "Manufactured by the Ansonia Clock Co., New York, United States of America."
Either side of the Roman number tweleve are the letters "S" and "F".
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
LR 47 , Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 63
Record Identifier
n7oVdyZn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oVdyZn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
442332
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