Clock, Tall Case

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Clock, Tall Case

Entry/Object ID

1984.44

Description

Tall clock, bonnet top with moulded swanneck crewsting and spandrels, indicators for "strike, silent" and "Whittington", and "St. Michael", and "Westminster" chime selector. Inscribed, on metal plate on door: "Presented as a GIFT TO THE ACADEMY BY ALFRED G. THOMAS 1967"

Made/Created

Artist

American Waltham Watch Company

Place

* Untyped Place

Roxbury, MA, USA

Dimensions

Height

99 in

Width

25-3/4 in

Material

Mahogany

Provenance

Notes

The clock was given to the Germantown Luthern Acadamy by Alfred G. Thomas in 1967. The Lutheran Acadamy occupied the former site of the Germantown Academy., Greene Street and School House Lane, from 1965-1975. The clock was donated by the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1983.