MANTEL CLOCK

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

MANTEL CLOCK

Entry/Object ID

95.4.1.1

Description

a) Clock- mantle, curved wooden body with 5 3/4" round brass-bound clear glass-covered face, white with black numbers, two winding posts at bottom of face, adjustment hole at top of face, door at back with inside label reading "The Sessions Clock Company," metal interior works; b) round black metal pendulum with "S" inscribed at center on one side; c)brass key, "85", top used for fast/slow and bottom for winding clock. On face, "Sessions" in center, "MADE IN U.S.A." at bottom; inside door, paper label reads "THE SESSIONS CLOCK COMPANY" with purple stamp "TIOEA".

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Timekeeping T&E, Mantel clocks, SUBJECTS:

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Object Name

Mantel Clocks