Clock

Museum number:
9-17713a-f
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210917713a@2df
Accession number:
Acc.3711
Description:
Clock, brass (A), with wall mount (E), glass case (D), brass key (B), lead weight (C), drawer (F); clock engraved with floral and leaf designs; hand has arrow point at one end; face encircled with two concentric circles with lines which divide middle area into 30 squares; wall mount is dark-stained wood, rectangular, clock sits on top in case, weight hangs down into hollow area behind vertical row of 13 brass pieces, oblong, leaf-shaped, placed on wood; each piece has an engraved Japanese character; brass knob at top of row; top mount back has wedge-shaped brass piece screwed on to secure case; case has 3 glass panes, one on each side, one large in front, upper right corner of large pane broken; frame made of dark-stained wood; drawer is shallow, oblong, and of same dark-stained wood; fits into slot at bottom of mount; has brass knob; two brass screws, use unknown, in drawer. E: length 41.5 cm, width 6.8 cm, depth 3.7 cm; F: width 5.7 cm, depth 3 cm, height 8 cm; D: length 12.2 cm, width 6.9 cm, depth 5.4 cm; C: length 5.7 cm; B: length 3.5 cm; A: height 9 cm; Base: 4.2 cm by 4.2 cm.
Donor:
Polly Blanchard
Collection place:
Nagasaki Prefecture, Northern Kyūshū, Kyūshū region
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
F. W. Blanchard
Collection date:
December 1925
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Clock, accession number 9-17713a-f, described as Clock, brass (A), with wall mount (E), glass case (D), brass key (B), lead weight (C), drawer (F); clock engraved with floral and leaf designs; hand has arrow point at one end; face encircled with two concentric circles with lines which divide middle area into 30 squares; wall mount is dark-stained wood, rectangular, clock sits on top in case, weight hangs down into hollow area behind vertical row of 13 brass pieces, oblong, leaf-shaped, placed on wood; each piece has an engraved Japanese character; brass knob at top of row; top mount back has wedge-shaped brass piece screwed on to secure case; case has 3 glass panes, one on each side, one large in front, upper right corner of large pane broken; frame made of dark-stained wood; drawer is shallow, oblong, and of same dark-stained wood; fits into slot at bottom of mount; has brass knob; two brass screws, use unknown, in drawer. E: length 41.5 cm, width 6.8 cm, depth 3.7 cm; F: width 5.7 cm, depth 3 cm, height 8 cm; D: length 12.2 cm, width 6.9 cm, depth 5.4 cm; C: length 5.7 cm; B: length 3.5 cm; A: height 9 cm; Base: 4.2 cm by 4.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clock, accession number 9-17713a-f, described as Clock, brass (A), with wall mount (E), glass case (D), brass key (B), lead weight (C), drawer (F); clock engraved with floral and leaf designs; hand has arrow point at one end; face encircled with two concentric circles with lines which divide middle area into 30 squares; wall mount is dark-stained wood, rectangular, clock sits on top in case, weight hangs down into hollow area behind vertical row of 13 brass pieces, oblong, leaf-shaped, placed on wood; each piece has an engraved Japanese character; brass knob at top of row; top mount back has wedge-shaped brass piece screwed on to secure case; case has 3 glass panes, one on each side, one large in front, upper right corner of large pane broken; frame made of dark-stained wood; drawer is shallow, oblong, and of same dark-stained wood; fits into slot at bottom of mount; has brass knob; two brass screws, use unknown, in drawer. E: length 41.5 cm, width 6.8 cm, depth 3.7 cm; F: width 5.7 cm, depth 3 cm, height 8 cm; D: length 12.2 cm, width 6.9 cm, depth 5.4 cm; C: length 5.7 cm; B: length 3.5 cm; A: height 9 cm; Base: 4.2 cm by 4.2 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clock, accession number 9-17713a-f, described as Clock, brass (A), with wall mount (E), glass case (D), brass key (B), lead weight (C), drawer (F); clock engraved with floral and leaf designs; hand has arrow point at one end; face encircled with two concentric circles with lines which divide middle area into 30 squares; wall mount is dark-stained wood, rectangular, clock sits on top in case, weight hangs down into hollow area behind vertical row of 13 brass pieces, oblong, leaf-shaped, placed on wood; each piece has an engraved Japanese character; brass knob at top of row; top mount back has wedge-shaped brass piece screwed on to secure case; case has 3 glass panes, one on each side, one large in front, upper right corner of large pane broken; frame made of dark-stained wood; drawer is shallow, oblong, and of same dark-stained wood; fits into slot at bottom of mount; has brass knob; two brass screws, use unknown, in drawer. E: length 41.5 cm, width 6.8 cm, depth 3.7 cm; F: width 5.7 cm, depth 3 cm, height 8 cm; D: length 12.2 cm, width 6.9 cm, depth 5.4 cm; C: length 5.7 cm; B: length 3.5 cm; A: height 9 cm; Base: 4.2 cm by 4.2 cm.

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