Component, Timepiece

Object ID:
1959.11042.1-.6
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Description

Six pallets of various constructions. (.1) has a bracket-like pallet attached to an irregularly shaped arbor. Extending from the arbor is a thin metal rod which has a cast metal rod hammer at its end. (.2,.3) comprise of a wooden arbor with two thin metal rods; one rod is short and bent at an obtuse angle, while the other is relatively straight and about twice the length of the shorter. (.2) has a metal pin extending from one end and (.3) has a wooden tenon at each end. (.4) attached to wooden arbor are a crutch wire and stop, maintenance and count levers; one end of arbor has a wooden tenon and other has a metal pin. (.5,.6) have a wooden arbor, with a metal peg at either end. Circular disk at one end of arbor; a metal wire extends from the side of the disk. Another metal wire extends from the middle of the arbor which has a brass hammer at the end.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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