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Seth Thomas Clock Company, manufacturer

Shelf Clock, 1880

Description

Maker

  • Seth Thomas Clock Company, 1853-1930, American, manufacturer

Title

Shelf Clock

Year

1880

Medium

ebonized mahogany; tulipwood; pine

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pine,
  • ebonized mahogany,
  • tulipwood

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped on pendulum:L12486; Key stamped:45 Inscribed in pencil on side of door:W1630; 11256/3316460 527(?) W105(?); Works stamped on back:SETH THOMAS/NEW YORK 42486, R. Kaiser ST (in gothic script, inside a diamond, within a circle)

Place

Plymouth Hollow; Connecticut

Type

  • Decorative Arts,
  • Furniture

Credit

Gift of Michael Flanigan

Object Number

1992.092

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Shelf Clock with the accession number of 1992.092. 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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