Component, Timepiece

Object ID:
1959.11038.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Description

Wooden clock frame and parts. The frame has two thin rectangular plates separated by two turned dowels at top, and set into a wooden base with two protruding dowels on one side. The plates have several through-holes. One plate has a circular discoloration at center with a hour hand cannon in the middle. There is one wheel which sits on the back plate face with its cannon through the plate to the inside of the front plate. The cannon is grooved where a metal rod rests; just pass this there is a L-shaped metal rod extending from the cannon. There is a wheel attached to the inside of the front plate with string.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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Shaker Museum Component, Timepiece. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=22006. Accessed on September 23, 2024

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