Four turned spindles housing colorless glass bulbs. Hourglass frame marked at top “Brig Cedric 1835”.
The timer is housed withing a very old homemade make-do cylindrical cardboard box… nautica ornamented with three Chinese coins; the interior lined with green paper; the exterior covered with embossed paper. Within the box is a handwritten note on Mystic Seaport Museum letterhead with information regarding the “CEDRIC”.
The 193-ton brig Cedric was built in 1828 in Duxbury, Massachusetts; registered in New York in 1837
Item Date: 19th Century
Measurement: Height: 4.25"
Reference: Ship Registers, District of Plymouth, National Archives Project, WPA
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SKU 1256-122
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