Anti-Suffrage Paperweight Clock

A spherical clock with a cartoon of a man holding two babies, and 'Vote For Women' written backwards around the clockface

Brass-mounted ball clock with flattened spot on the back allowing it to stand on a flat surface (possibly also used as a paperweight). The face portrays a miserable-looking gentleman in his night attire with a screaming baby on each knee, and has ‘VOTE FOR WOMEN’ in reverse around the edge of the face, each letter corresponding to a number of the clock.

Item Details

Date: Late 19th - early 20th century, probably before 1918

Catalogue record: GWL-2010-80

Type of object: ,

Material: Glass, brass, enamel

Size: 75mm in diameter with the hoop on top being about 25mm. Full height (non-angled) just under 100mm

Item Media

Item Images

A spherical clock with a cartoon of a man holding two babies, and 'Vote For Women' written backwards around the clockface
Anti-Suffrage Paperweight Clock, Late 19th-early 20th century
Paperweight clock seen from an angle to show its spherical shape
Anti-Suffrage Paperweight Clock, Late 19th-early 20th century
Back of paperweight clock, the clockwork visible through the round glass back
Paperweight clock seen from above to show its spherical shape

Connections and References

References

Posts and pages from around the website which refer to this Collection Item

When we are not treated equally by the law and the state

Inequality is experienced through a lack of: inclusion in the political process, representation, access to healthcare, control over reproduction, equal treatment in the criminal justice system.