CLOCK

Object/Artifact

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Bermuda Historical Society Museum

Name/Title

CLOCK

Description

Clock, tall case. With adorned painted face, a red bird in a tree in the centre, and four roses, one in each extremity of the face. Donated in about 1970 to the BHS by William T. Conyers Jr. in memory of his mother and father Dr. and Mrs. William T. Conyers. The clock is from their old family home 'Westmeath' in Pembroke. A feature is the representation of the hour '4', shown not as the Roman numer IV but as IIII.

Category

Clocks

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1850

General Notes

Note Type

1992 Inventory Notes

Note

05:04 Clock, tall case, with adorned painted face, a red bird in a tree in the centre, and four roses, one in each extremity of the face. Donated in about 1970 to the BHS by William T. Conyers Jr. in memory of his mother and father Dr. and Mrs. William T. Conyers. The clock is from their old family home 'Westmeath' in Pembroke. A feature is the representation of the hour '4', shown not as the Roman numer IV but as IIII. The clock is located in the Somers room, at the foot of the steps leading up to the Circulation Library.

Note Type

In-House Note

Note

A "poor man's" grandfather clock, circa 1850. As is customary in old clocks, it has inscribed "four strokes" rather than "IV strokes"