Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1956.015.011abcd |
Object Name |
Clock, Wall |
Title |
Horace Burr Clock |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
1830s |
Year Range from |
1830 |
Year Range to |
1840 |
Made |
Horace Burr |
Place of Origin |
Dundas, Upper Canada |
Description |
1830s brown wooden case clock (a) with door on front (glass top which shows face and mirrored bottom) which is hinged on the right side (facing face of clock). Clock has wooden wheels. Pendulum (b), No. 7 weight (c), No. 9 weight (d). Numerals are normal (not Roman) and silver and are soldered onto a metal wire frame structure. Columns (one on each side of door) are painted black, as is the door. "IMPROVED CLOCKS, MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY HORACE BURR, DUNDAS, U.C., Warranted if well used / Printed at the offices fo the Dundas Weekly Post by G.H. Hackstaff" is on the paper adhered to the interior front centre and directions on how to operate the clock are on either side of the pendulum. All of the wheels are wooden, except for the escapement wheel. |
Makers mark |
Printed label on the interior |
Provenance |
Made by Horace Burr in Dundas (near Hamilton), Upper Canada, in the early 1830s. The previous owner, Aubrey E. Holmes, was a son of George Holmes, and a grandson of Robert Holmes. The Holmes family lived in Puslinch Township before they came to Grey County. |
Collection |
Horology, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Metal/Brass/Glass/Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
W-43 L-74.4 D-12.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Holmes, George Holmes, Aubrey Holmes, Robert |
Subjects |
Victorian Clockmakers Timekeeping 1830s |
Function |
Likely a mantel clock, or placed on a clock shelf in a household. |