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Mantle Clock

Datec. 1889-1900

Mediumiron; bronze; porcelain; glass

Dimensions33 × 17 1/2 inches (83.8 × 44.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981

Object number51.10.1

ClassificationsTime Keeping

DescriptionFive square feet; circular bronze doré clock face; black roman numerals in individual white porcelain medallions; glass front on clock face; iron body in scrolling designs; bronze doré female figure centered on clock body; scrolling and foliage bronze doré accents on body; bronze doré finial with urn above a greenman’s face; key wound.

ProvenanceProbably W.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House

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