Collections: Decorative Arts: Clock, Model 4708

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Clock, Model 4708

• Designer: Gilbert Rohde, American, 1884-1944
• Manufacturer: Howard Miller Clock Co., founded 1926
• Medium: Glass, nickel-plated metal
• Place Manufactured: Zeeland, Michigan, USA
• Dates: ca. 1933
• Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 10 x 3 1/2 in. (27 x 25.4 x 8.9 cm)
• Markings: Written in blue marker on a round white sticker on bottom of base: "MA / 130"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1999.141.1
• Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
• Image: Overall, 1999.141.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Gilbert Rohde (American, 1884-1944). Clock, Model 4708, ca. 1933. Glass, nickel-plated metal, 10 5/8 x 10 x 3 1/2 in. (27 x 25.4 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1999.141.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.141.1_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Simple electric clock of an unframed, round, polished black glass face with nickel-plated metal accents standing on a low rectangular base. For the hour markers, twelve spherical knobs are set in circle about 1 1/4" from edge of face, attached with screws at back. Three hands: thick rectangular hour hand; longer, thinner minute hand (both silver in color); and very thin, short minute hand painted red. Face is supported above the base by a rectangular strip of metal and attached with screws; base has rounded front edge. Back of glass face is grooved; rectangular black metal plate with protruding cylinder that houses clock works attached to back; one knob for setting clock and the electric cord protrude from this cylinder. CONDITION: Fair; some pock marks and discolorations around edges of metal base; hour and second hand slightly bent; back plate has several large scratches and losses of paint.