Rectangular clock of wood covered with cellulose nitrate

Made:
1931-1940
Rectangular clock of wood covered with cellulose nitrate which

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Rectangular clock of wood covered with cellulose nitrate which
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Rectangular clock of wood covered with cellulose nitrate which has a light brown pearlised effect trimmed with tortoiseeshell face, figures moulded out of white celluloid, about 1930

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
1980-676/108
Materials:
case, cellulose nitrate, backplate, brass, inner mechanism, brass and inner casing, wood
type:
clock
credit:
Purchase (Roger Newport)