HUCL.5: Tall Case Clock
Timepieces
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- HUCL.5
- People
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Bigelow, Kennard & Co., American
- Title
- Tall Case Clock
- Classification
- Timepieces
- Work Type
- clock
- Date
- 1875
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305382
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Oak wood case
- Dimensions
- 248.9 x 54.6 x 36.2 cm (98 x 21 1/2 x 14 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Bigelow, Kennard and Co./Boston (all caps)
- inscription: brass plate in break above door with memorial inscription
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Purchased by Waldo Lincoln, Worcester, MA, 1875.
To son-in-law, Frank F. Dresser.
To son, Waldo L. Dresser.
To Mrs. Waldo L. Dresser
To the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Dreesser.
Their gift to Harvard University, 1978.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Clock Collection, Gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo L. Dresser, Class of 1939, from their three sons, 1978
- Object Number
- HUCL.5
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Brass plaque at top of case reads"Given in Memory of Waldo Lincoln Dresser and Louise Bender Dresser by their three sons Thomas, George, and Richard"
Verification Level
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