Name/Title
Standing Whiting grandmother clock in memory of Mary Romanowitz, c. early 1800sEntry/Object ID
1998.215.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.215.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1800's
OBJECT: CLOCK
DESCRIPTION:
STANDING GRANDMOTHER-TYPE CLOCK. WOODEN CASE APPEARS TO BE HAND-MADE OF AN UNKNOWN SPECIES OF WOOD. HAND-PAINTED DIAL HAS CAPTION, "R WHITING, WINCHESTER."
SIZE: HEIGHT : 78-1/2" DEPTH 9 " WIDTH 17 "
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
CLOCK HAS AN ATTACHED PLAQUE, ENGRAVED, "PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF MARY ROMANOWITZ, MAY 22, 1965, BY CHARLES ROMANOWITZ." CLOCK WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO 1971 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR:
C ROMANOWITZ
DATE: MAY 16, 1998
