Clock, Welch, Spring & Co. 1868

Object/Artifact

Cascade Locks Historical Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

66.1.66

Description

Brass mantel clock, manufactured by Welch, Spring & Co. Patented March 17 1868. Clock is dark wood with latch door with two glass parts, top part shows a white clock face of roman numerals and the bottom is painted glass. The painted glass is black with a gold and blue star with a gold circle around it. Inside the clock are printed instructions and manufacture information glued to back interior.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Welch, Spring, and Co.

Date made

1864 - 1884

Time Period

19th Century

Place

State/Province

Connecticut

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Patent, Makers Mark

Location

Glued to back interior.

Transcription

Eight Day and One Day Brass Clocks, Patented March 17, 1868. Manufactured and Sold by Welch, Spring & Co. Forestville, Conn. USA.

Language

English

Material/Technique

Label

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Clock, Shelf

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Clock

Nomenclature Class

Timekeeping T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

4 in

Depth

2-1/2 in

Length

9-1/4 in

Materials

Material

Wood, Paper, Metal, Brass, Glass

Material Notes

Rosewood frame with metal clock face and brass details (gears, hands, etc), glass latch door and paper label inside.

Colors

Color

Brown, Off-White/Cream, White, Gold, Black, Blue

Color Notes

Brown rosewood frame, with white/off-white clock face, gold (Brass) details around clock face with with gold hands, roman numerals on clock face used to be either gold or black but they have faded and smeared. Inside gears are gold brass. Painted image on bottom of latch door is black with a gold and blue star with a gold circle around the star.