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Mantel clock
Mantel clock

Mantel clock

Jean George Theobald (American, 1873 – 1952)
Manning-Bowman Company (active 1849 – 1945)
1929–1931
Object PlaceMeriden, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueChromium-plated metal, black Catalin (plastic)
DimensionsOverall: 24 × 27.9 × 9.5 cm (9 7/16 × 11 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of J. Parker Prindle in memory of Florence Cheney Prindle
Accession number2008.278
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenancePurchased on eBay by Parker Prindle, Boston, MA; 2008, gift of Parker Prindle to the MFA. (Accession date: June 25, 2008)
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