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"Highboy" 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 1938
Object Place: Pasadena, California
Medium/Technique
Chromium-plated metal (nickel?), plastic (probably celluloid), glass; electrical fittings
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 x 9.8 x 7.6 cm (6 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1454
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
DescriptionVertical
ProvenanceBy 2004, owned by Mantiques Modern (gallery), New York, New York; September 15, 2004, sold to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)