O.B. McClintock Co.
Electric Alarm Clock
1944-1949
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O.B. McClintock Co.
Electric Alarm Clock
1944-1949
Physical Qualities
Catalin, brass, metal, enamel, glass, Clock: 5 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (13.7 x 12.4 x 7.3 cm) Electrical cord: 6 x 2 x 1 1/2 in. (15.2 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Richard C. von Hess Foundation Acquisition Fund
Object Number
2002.214
Gold, Catalin-plastic square body case with circular arrangement of incised numerals - 12, 3, 6, 9 - and accompanying slashes for remaining numbers, surrounding circular, brass-framed, glass-covered, white clock-face. Time keeping hands are made up of a small black circle (hour); a thin black line (minute), and a large black circle with inclised gold line (seconds). Entire case is mounted to cantilever-like brass base with 11 incised lines. Clock mechanism is housed within brass cylindrical casing.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; Twentieth Century Fox Antiques, Beacon, New York
Inscribed: BACK, 'MODEL-15D700 / O.B. McCLINTOCK CO. / MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. U.S.A. / USE ON A.C. ONLY / 115 VOLT 60 CYCLE / 2 WATTS-NORMAL / 4 WATTS-RINGING / U.S. PAT. 229 2265 / 31-51-3166'
