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Drawing, Clock Set in a Porcelain

This is a Drawing. We acquired it in 1953. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper, mounted on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

  • Box Clock (USA), ca. 1816
  • wood case with painted dial on glass door, lead weights, paper.
  • Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 317044.
  • 14.2012.46

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Drawing, Clock Set in a Porcelain; France; brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper, mounted on white wove paper; 1953-206-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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