Anniversary clock from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A brass tabletop anniversary clock with a glass dome used in Mae's Millinery Shop. The body of the clock (a) is a circular stepped brass base. The face of the clock is white with black painted numbers, with a red floral scalloped vine inside the numbers and black metal hands. The face and the clock mechanism behind it are supported on two brass legs extending from the front part of the base. The face is housed inside a brass frame with three (3) brass finials above the face. A brass torsion pendulum (b) with four (4) brass balls attached to curved spokes extends below the mechanism housing. A glass dome (c) fits over the clock and sits on the base above the stepped bottom. The importer's name and place are engraved on the back of the mechanism housing and black text reading "MADE IN GERMANY" is printed along the bottom edge of the clock face.
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Germany, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.20abc
objectType: label: Type
content: clocks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 11 1/2 x 7 13/16 in. (29.2 x 19.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2010.6.20a): 10 7/8 x 7 13/16 in. (27.6 x 19.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2010.6.20b): 3 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (8.6 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2010.6.20c): 10 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (26.4 x 14.3 cm)