Eight-day presentation clock
Maker
William Drummond & Co. (estab. 1885, closed 2002)
Date
Circa 1911
Description
This timepiece is also a presentation piece. A fob-style clock, too large to
carry about, is cradled inside a silver case, which bears the inscription describing its
first presentation: ‘To Dr. A.E. Rowden White. From two grateful patients M.E. and
S.S. Wakley. 1911.’ Sir Alfred Edward Rowden White (1874–1963) was an eminent
physician and generous philanthropist, who had trained at the University of Melbourne.
The clock, in its silver case, was most recently presented by Harry Hemley,
president of the Australian Medical Association Victoria, to James Best, head of the
Melbourne Medical School, at a celebration held in May 2011 to mark the donation to
the Medical History Museum of the AMA collection of historical documents, objects
and photographs, which had been on loan to the University since 1994.
Refer: Highlights of The Collection, Medical History Museum p.34.
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Object detail
silver/maker's mark ▫ case stamped on left side, five silver marks
maker's mark ▫ painted on clock face: separate hours and seconds scales, and 'WM DRUMMOND & CO/MELBOURNE/SWISS MADE/8 DAYS'
dedications/inscriptions ▫ printed death notice: 'WAKLEY, Victoria (Mrs. Drys/dale) - Daughter of James and/Elizabeth Wakley (both deceased), ...'
owner's mark/inscriptions ▫ on notice, '1974', and on card, 'Donated this clock to/the Museum, M.S.V.
dates ▫ '26 (?) Dec 1963'
letterhead/inscriptions ▫ '"ALTADORE"/24 BALMERING AVENUE,/TOORAK. S.E.2.'
notations/inscriptions ▫ 'Dear Dr Dickson/ ..... /Yours sincerely/Doris(?) Killburn'
notations/inscriptions ▫ on p 1 at ul, 'LATE SIR ROWDEN WHITE'
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