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M-1, Type B2 Clock
This is a clock. It was designed by Paul T. Frankl. It is dated ca. 1928 and we acquired it in 2015. Its medium is chromium-plated and enameled metal, molded bakelite, brushed-burnished silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
The slightly stepped form of this table clock is reminiscent of the skyscraper-inspired furniture also by Frankl, popular at the same time. When most clocks cost $5, this one cost $50, making it a luxury item.
This object was
donated by
George R. Kravis II.
It is credited Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- Envelope, Paul Frankl Galleries
- woodcut on paper.
- Museum purchase through bequest of Ida C. McNeil in memory of Lincoln C.....
- 1992-145-1
- Box Clock (USA)
- wood case with painted dial on glass door, lead weights, paper.
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 317044.
- 14.2012.46
- Tudric Mantle Clock Clock
- pewter, enamel.
- Gift of Harry C. Sigman.
- 2013-21-28
Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Clock
- silvered bronze and colored champlevé enamel.
- Stephen E. Kelly/Kelly Gallery, New York.
- 38.2016.2
- Clock
- H x W x D: 26.5 x 25.5 x 9 cm (10 7/16 x 10 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.).
- 1979-56-2-a,b
- Z Clock
- bent chrome-plated tubular brass, enameled brass, plate glass.
- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2018-22-76
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 19.7 × 14.6 × 9.5 cm (7 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Cite this object as
M-1, Type B2 Clock; Designed by Paul T. Frankl (American, b. Austria, 1886–1958); chromium-plated and enameled metal, molded bakelite, brushed-burnished silver; H x W x D: 19.7 × 14.6 × 9.5 cm (7 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.); Gift of George R. Kravis II; 2015-41-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
