Howard Miller Clock Co. (founded 1926). Clock, ca. 1935. Metal, wood and glass, 6 3/4 x 6 x 1 7/8 in. (17.1 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1999.141.7. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.141.7.jpg)
Howard Miller Clock Co. (founded 1926). Clock, ca. 1935. Metal, wood and glass, 6 3/4 x 6 x 1 7/8 in. (17.1 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1999.141.7. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.141.7_bw.jpg)
Clock
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER
Howard Miller Clock Co., founded 1926
MEDIUM
Metal, wood and glass
DATES
ca. 1935
DIMENSIONS
6 3/4 x 6 x 1 7/8 in. (17.1 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Printed in gray ink on front: "HERMAN MILLER CLOCK CO. ZEELAND, MICH."; impressed on wood on back: "971"; molded in metal on back: "START" word arches above arrow and dial controlling second hand (on left); "TURN-LET GO" (below dial); "SET / TIME" above time set dial; below alarm switch: "OFF ON / ALARM / SET"; in center of metal, molded: "CURRENT INTERRUPTIONS WILL / STOP CLOCK-RESTART & RESET" "MANUFACTURED UNDER PATS. / NO 1,719,805-1,797,912 / 1,985,388-2,002, 421 / 2,003,116-2,013,208 / 2,027,531 / OTHERS PEND." "MADE IN / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 115V-60 CYCLE-2W"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.141.7
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Paul F. Walter
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Table clock. Wood (stained and painted), printed paper, glass, and metal. Original electrical wiring. Round wooden body, decorated with twelve incised radiating lines, sits on a black rectangular wooden base with convex front. Clock face of printed cream paper has a large gray circle at center; set behind glass. Surrounding center circle are radiating dots of two sizes; larger circles replace hours and smaller dots represent minutes. Narrow, red, straight, second hand. Black triangular hour and minute hands. Back of clock undecorated. Three dials and patent numbers on back.
CONDITION: Good; paper dial yellowed, wooden body over-cleaned, front is lacking varnish; black base repainted; on back (near proper left bottom screw) wood has split and broken off.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Howard Miller Clock Co. (founded 1926). Clock, ca. 1935. Metal, wood and glass, 6 3/4 x 6 x 1 7/8 in. (17.1 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1999.141.7. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.141.7.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1999.141.7.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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