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"Zephyr" electric clock
Designed by: Paul Feher (American, 1898 – 1990)
Designed by: George F. Adomaitis (American, 1907–1982)
Manufactured by: Lawson Time Inc. (active 1933 to about 1975)
Formerly attributed to: Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber (American, born in Germany, 1889–1963)
Designed by: George F. Adomaitis (American, 1907–1982)
Manufactured by: Lawson Time Inc. (active 1933 to about 1975)
Formerly attributed to: Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber (American, born in Germany, 1889–1963)
designed about 1937; produced 1940-48
Object Place: Pasadena, California
Medium/Technique
Brass, copper, plastic (probably celluloid), glass; clock movement
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 21.6 x 7.9 cm (3 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1263
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
Marks
Label is an enameled brass rectangular tag affixed to back of clock and reads:
"Lawson Electric Clock / CVC V110 W 4 DR or Less Style No / 6O Mdel P 40 Pat No 1990645 304 / Lawson Time Inc., Pasadena Calif" Note that the two numbers "60" and "304" are stamped within blank reserves, and it is possible that the former relates to "CVC" and the second to "style no"
"Lawson Electric Clock / CVC V110 W 4 DR or Less Style No / 6O Mdel P 40 Pat No 1990645 304 / Lawson Time Inc., Pasadena Calif" Note that the two numbers "60" and "304" are stamped within blank reserves, and it is possible that the former relates to "CVC" and the second to "style no"
Provenance2014, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)