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Walter H. Durfee

Mount Vernon Banjo Clock, ca. 1900

Description

Maker

  • Walter H. Durfee, 1857-1939, American

Title

Mount Vernon Banjo Clock

Year

ca. 1900

Medium

Wood, gilding, brass, glass, reverse painted glass, gilt bronze, various metals

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wood,
  • bronze,
  • glass,
  • brass (alloy),
  • brass (alloy),
  • gilding,
  • gilded,
  • veneer

Dimensions

104.1 x 26.7 x 10.2 cm (41 x 10 1/2 x 4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Painted on clock face:"WALTER H. DURFEE/PROVIDENCE".Pressed into wood inside tablet box, in circle: "WALTER H. DURFEE/PROVIDENCE."

Place

Rhode Island; Providence

Type

  • Decorative Arts,
  • Timepieces

Credit

Bequest of Frederick Lippitt

Object Number

2007.98.17

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Mount Vernon Banjo Clock with the accession number of 2007.98.17. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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