CLOCK, CASE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MANTEL CLOCK
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- PINEWOOD, GLASS, BRASS, STEEL, GILT METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P19672487000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MANTEL CLOCK
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- PINEWOOD, GLASS, BRASS, STEEL, GILT METAL
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Height
- 52.0
- Length
- 38.4
- Width
- 10.2
- Diameter
- 16.1(FACE)
- Description
- SESSIONS AND "MADE IN U.S.A." PRINTED ON CLOCK FACE. ROMAN NUMERALS ON FACE, TWO CLOCK HANDS. A GIFT CENTRE DISC NUMBERED 1/12 IN ARABIC NUMERALS. ADJUSTABLE PENDULUM. KEY WINDING. SWINGING DOOR WITH GLASS FRONT COVERS THE CLOCK FACE AND WORKS. GOLD BUTTERFLY ON FLORAL DESIGN ON GLASS DOOR CATCH BROKEN. PINEWOOD CASE WITH ORANGE CARVED FRETWORK ON FRONT. ENCLOSED BACK. CLOCK DOES NOT WORK. BRASS LATCH OR CLASP IS LOOSE IN BODY. DOOR IS SIX-SIDE WITH GLASS INSERT. POTTED PLANT AND BUTTERFLY ARE PAINTED IN GOLD ON THE GLASS. PENDULUM IS OF BRASS, COMPOSED OF ARM WITH ADJUSTABLE NUT TO MOVE THE WEIGHT UP AND DOWN. WOOD IS CARVED WITH LEAF/COLUMN PATTERN. FACE OF CLOCK ADORNED WITH NUMBERS ONE TO TWELVE IN ROMAN NUMERALS; TARNISHED. WOODEN JOINT AND NAILS APPEAR TO BE LOOSENING. PENDULUM 6.3CM (W) X 18.4CM (L).
- Subjects
- TIMEKEEPING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- *UPDATE* IN 2019 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A RAZOR DONATED BY C. N. FRASER. RESEARCH USING THE GALT ARCHIVES AND THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARCHIVAL DATABASE FOUND THAT THE DONOR WAS CARL N. FRASER. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON MAY 3, 1991, FRASER WAS BORN IN BARRIE, ONTARIO IN 1906. HE ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1909 WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION. THE OBITUARY STATES, "CARL WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1971." HE LOST HIS FIRST WIFE, FREDA MAY "QUEENIE" FRASER (NEE SHORTO), IN 1943. A LETHBRIDGE HERALD NEWS ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 26, 1943 DESCRIBES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH. THE COUPLE HAS THREE CHILDREN, ROBERT "BOB" BOYD, NEILSON "NEIL" MCGREGOR, AND MURIEL JEAN GOIAN. FRASER'S SECOND WIFE WAS NAMED SARAH "SADIE" FRASER. CARL N. FRASER PASSED AWAY IN ON MAY 1, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS. INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAMILY WAS LEARNED FROM THE DONOR'S DAUGHTER, MURIEL GOIAN, DURING THE 2012 COLLECTIONS SURVEY OF MILITARY ARTIFACTS. FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672486000. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672476000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES REFERENCED ABOVE AND CLIPPINGS FROM THE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.
- Catalogue Number
- P19672487000
- Acquisition Date
- 1966-11
- Collection
- Museum
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