Physical Qualities
Oak, glass, brass, enameled metal, 101 1/2 x 27 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (257.8 x 69.2 x 43.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Obrecht, Jr., Baltimore
Object Number
1999.450
Oak case has a slick mahogany finish. Bonnet: scroll pediment w/ 3 ball & spike finials; free-standing columns w/ brass Corinthian capitals & square bases flanking glass-paneled door covering clock face. Case: waist has same columns (as above) flanking a paneled door w/ demi-lune sunrise carving above. Above the door a carved leaf cornice supports the bonnet. Square base again has the same columns flanking a paneled front. The whole set on hairy-paw feet.
Works description: 8-day movements with 3 weights, 9 chimes, and a heavy brass pendulum bob. Signature on the works by J. Thomas Smith, June 1931 repairs.
Dial description: Large brass dial having a silvered chapter ring with applied brass Arabic numerals, the dial plate with deeply engraved foliate designs to the corners and center, painted moon dial rotating within the break arch beneath a silvered lunar month indicator, sublidiary dials for Chime/Silent, tune selection (Westminster/Bow bells), Strike/Silent and second hand. Hands of blued steele in serpentine form.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Obrecht, Jr., Owings Mills and Baltimore
Inscribed: FACE OF CLOCK, bottom inside rim, 'Hennegan, Bates & Co./Baltimore'
Markings: Signature on the works: J. Thomas Smith, June 9131 repairs
