Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
a)Traveling alarm clock, rectangular in plan, gilded bronze with bevelled glass panels, top and sides, exposing works. Handle on top. Horizontal banding of beading and acanthus leaves, female sheathed figures at four corners. b) Rectangular black leather case lined with red velvet, silk and paper. c) double-ended key for which storage slot is provided in case.
Donor mentions word "Heberlin" in connection with this clock.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger
Date
1901–50
Accession Number
1967-66-26-a/c
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
timepieces & measuring devices
Decorative Arts
Clock
Medium
Gilded bronze
Dimensions
15 x 11.4 x 11 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
made in
France
distributed in
England
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1967-66-26-a_c