Clock: GE Model 2520

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

General Electric wall clock, c.1962-65.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
General Electric wall clock, c.1962-65.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Clock: GE Model 2520

Description

A square electric clock with a silkscreen printed border on masonite depicting the leaves of ten different tree species. This clock was produced by the General Electric (GE) Clocks division, c.1962-65. This clock frame was used by GE with at least three other border and clock face designs by designers other than Wert. One non-Wert design can be seen in the “GE Wholesale Gift Catalog/Holiday Season ‘63”; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints, General Electric Clocks

Date made

circa 1962 - circa 1965

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Wert/Country Prints most likely produced the silkscreened Masonite border panel. The clock works were likely produced by GE Telechron in Ashland, MA. (see adhesive label detail and Telechron web link). The clock frame may have been produced in GE’s factories in Bridgeport CT.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower right corner of masonite border panel.

Dimensions

Height

12 in

Width

12 in

Depth

2 in

Material

Plastic, Masonite Board, Metal, Electrical Wire

Colors

Color

Dark Brown, Brown, Tan

Color Notes

Brown represents the painted surface of the masonite. Dark Brown and Tan are the silkscreened colors.

Web Links and URLs

Telechron, Henry Warren, Ashland Massachusetts