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Electric Wall Clock

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Designer

Russel Wright, (American, 1904–1976)

Manufacturer

Harker Pottery Company, American, 1842 - 1970
General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA

Description

Clock with concave square ochre face with rounded corners; molded white numbers in graphic font; hour and minute hand in white with second hand in black

Credit Line

Gift of Max Pine

Date

1951–1955

Accession Number

2018-34-4

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

timepieces & measuring devices
Decorative Arts

Object Name

clock

Type

clock

Medium

2018Molded and glazed earthenware, molded plastic, metal, electric components

Dimensions

H x W x D: 18.1 × 20 × 6.4 cm (7 1/8 × 7 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

manufactured in

Ashland, Massachusetts, USA
East Liverpool, Ohio, USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c2c6e6a2-9254-4a28-b813-6b83834edf95

Record ID

chndm_2018-34-4

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