Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Clock
Object Number:
INV.250
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Oak, brass, other metal, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. ( 8.6 x 34.9 cm )
Marks:
printed in black: on face: "1817 / NEW HAVEN / 1853" and "MADE BY THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN., USA"
printed in black: on paper label affixed to back: "EIGHT DAY / 10 INCH / LEVER TIME PIECE. / NEW HAVEN CLOCK CO / NEW HAVEN, CONN., U.S.A. /
Description:
Ship's clock with twelve-sided frame and circular dial; circular glass window set in hinged brass frame with latch covers dial with applied paper ground with black printed Roman numerals; smaller second-counting dial above central dial.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
