[Carved wooden clock]

Description

Image of a wooden clock, stained a dark brown and carved to look like a bird house with leaves on each side and a bird at the top. The face of the clock is black with white tick marks and white circles for the numbers. The place where number six would be is instead replaced with a hole to the inside. At the bottom of the clock face is "Germany", presumably where it was made.

Creation Information

Creator: Unknown. 18XX.

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This physical object is part of the collection entitled: Gustine Courson Weaver Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this object can be viewed below.

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Description

Image of a wooden clock, stained a dark brown and carved to look like a bird house with leaves on each side and a bird at the top. The face of the clock is black with white tick marks and white circles for the numbers. The place where number six would be is instead replaced with a hole to the inside. At the bottom of the clock face is "Germany", presumably where it was made.

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  • Preferred Citation: Gustine Courson Weaver Collection (AR0790), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Gustine Courson Weaver Collection

This collection contains the materials of Gustine Courson Weaver (1873-1942) and was originally part of the Historical Collection, and was given to UNT in the 1930s.

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  • 18XX

Added to The Portal to Texas History

  • Aug. 8, 2023, 7:35 p.m.

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  • Sept. 8, 2023, 12:44 p.m.

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[Carved wooden clock], physical object, 18XX; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2146966/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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