Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gaslight clock face in case
Object Number:
INV.230
Date:
ca. 1925
Medium:
Plastic, metal, wood, leather
Dimensions:
Diameter (clock): 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (14.9 x 2.9 cm)
Marks:
incised: on metal back of clock: "S F" (on either end of arching dial)
printed in black: on paper label inside case: "THEODORE SA[ND]ER / Practical Watchmaker & Jeweler / 1278 Broadway / Bet. 32nd & [33]rd Sts. NEW YORK"
Description:
Circular clock with built-in hinged stand; plastic face with black numbers, black plastic hands, and gold plastic reticulated rosette at center set in gilded, cast metal frame with molded foliate decoration; wooden case bound in red leather.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
