CHARLES HOUR, RETAILED BY SCHUMANN & SONS, NEW YORK. CIRCA 1900
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a french brass novelty compendium timepiece
charles hour, retailed by schumann & sons, new york. circa 1900
Of rhomboid form with inverted V-shaped handle, with silvered compass dial to the top, white enamel Roman dial with retailer's signature (rubbed) SCHUMANN & SONS NEW YORK (chipping to winding hole), flanked by silvered fahrenheit thermometer dial, with white enamel aneroid barometer to the other side, flanked by a silvered centigrade thermometer dial, with vertical bimetallic cylinder escapement, stamped for Charles Hour to the underside; with wooden travel box, the plush-lined interior with ribbon signed Schumann's Sons New York, formerly leather-covered
6in. (15.2cm.) wide
charles hour, retailed by schumann & sons, new york. circa 1900
Of rhomboid form with inverted V-shaped handle, with silvered compass dial to the top, white enamel Roman dial with retailer's signature (rubbed) SCHUMANN & SONS NEW YORK (chipping to winding hole), flanked by silvered fahrenheit thermometer dial, with white enamel aneroid barometer to the other side, flanked by a silvered centigrade thermometer dial, with vertical bimetallic cylinder escapement, stamped for Charles Hour to the underside; with wooden travel box, the plush-lined interior with ribbon signed Schumann's Sons New York, formerly leather-covered
6in. (15.2cm.) wide