A Time Zone Toy

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[Time Zone Clock Toy]

[Anonymous]
[Germany,
after 1844].
Wooden box (135 by 105 by 290 mm) with printed decoration, rectangular aperture showing central tube with pasted printed map of the world, light wood needle in dial.
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This unusual piece was probably produced in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, as an instructional toy to teach the user about time zones. The user turns the central tube through a slot in the right hand side of the box to position a time zone in front of the aperture, which in turn moves the hand on the dial on the front of the box to show the time. On the map itself, the continents are named and major capital cities are marked with a dot and their initials. T...

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