Clock, England, 1930-1959

Clock, England, 1930-1959 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1930-1959. The museum's brief description reads: The clock is set in a cream tinted plaster surround, moulded to show two terrier puppies with a bone; nursery; Ceramic and metal, prob.British, 1930-59. Museum description: Nursery clock, with a circular dial, inscribed with black Arabic numerals, on a silver circle against a cream ground. The clock is set into a cream slab supported by two terrier puppies with a bone, all in cream-tinted plaster. The clock face is glazed and is set in a circular chrome-plated border, it has a pierced triangular hour-hand and an elongated lozenge-shaped minute-hand. At the back of the clock is a key for winding the mechanism, and a spindle for adjusting the position of the hands. The museum record gives material recorded as plaster, metal, glass; measurements Height 197 mm; Width 246 mm; Depth 79 mm; place associated: England. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.