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Clock

Item

Title

Rights

Image copyright: University of Canterbury, 2020

Type

Wall clock (<clocks by form>, clocks, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

Date

ca. 1870

Description

Wall-mounted clock. Known as Bickerton’s Clock, as it was acquired by Professor A. W. Bickerton, Canterbury College’s first professor of chemistry. Bickerton acquired the clock in the 1870s and mounted it in the Chemistry Department’s building. It has stayed in the Chemistry Department’s possession ever since.

Format

Wood: Metal: Glass

Rights Holder

University of Canterbury

Subject

Teaching

Owner

University of Canterbury

Collection

School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

Source

UC Canterbury College Heritage Collection.
Identified during Canterbury College Survey 2020-2022

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