2003.0032 Before Treatment

​OBJECT Clock face and movement

MATERIAL(S) Copper alloy, ferrous alloy, lead alloy, silver remnants, wood, black-pigmented wax/resin mixture

PROVENANCE 1755-1775 Benjamin Chandlee, Jr. (1723-1791) of Philadelphia, PA, for Roland Rogers of East Nottingham

DIMENSIONS H 43.18 cm; W 32.39 cm; D (including movement) 13.97 cm

OWNER Winterthur Museum 2003.0032

TREATMENT DATE Dec. 2008 - Jun. 2009

TREATMENT SUMMARY Disassembly; cleaning; corrosion reduction; re-"silvering" chapter ring, seconds ring, and nameplate; inpainting; reassembly

TREATED BY Lauren Fair and Jessica Arista

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