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| Brief description | Wrought iron stand for clock, Cyril Colnik, Milwaukee, first half of the twentieth century. |
| Object name | Clock |
| Maker | Colnik, Cyril, 1871-1958 |
| Date | 1900-1955 |
| Dimensions | 12"H x 10 ½"W |
| Materials and techniques | Wrought iron |
| Original location | Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| Current location | Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| Description | Commercially-manufactured clock in wrought iron stand with three scrolled legs. Applied flower and scroll shapes.
Born in Austria, master metalworker Cyril Colnik created decorative wrought iron work for dozens of homes and public buildings in Milwaukee between 1893 and 1955. He also designed vases, candlesticks, door hardware, and other ornamental wares in a variety of styles. A brief biography is available from the Wisconsin Historical Society's Dictionary of Wisconsin History (http://wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=14917). The Colnik Collection of the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum includes more than 200 examples of Colnik's work donated to the museum by daughter Gretchen Colnik in 1991. The Villa Terrace is also home to the Colnik Archive, an extensive collection of original drawings, blueprints and photographs donated by the Kohler Foundation in 2002. |
| History | Bertha Kitchell Whyte, Craftsmen of Wisconsin (Racine, WI: Western Publishing Co., 1971); Virginia Jones Maher, "The Wrought Iron Artistry of Cyril Colnik" Wisconsin Academy Review 44, no. 3 (1998) (available online via the State of Wisconsin Collection): http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/wiacrev/index.html A brief biography of Colnik is available from the Wisconsin Historical Society's Dictionary of Wisconsin History: http://wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=14917 |
| Sources | Trained in Vienna and Munich, master metalworker Cyril Colnik settled in Milwaukee in 1893, where he created decorative wrought iron work for dozens of homes and public buildings until his retirement in 1955. He also designed vases, candlesticks, door hardware, and other ornamental wares in a variety of styles. The Colnik Collection of the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum includes more than 200 examples of Colnik's work donated to the museum by his daughter Gretchen Colnik in 1991. The Villa Terrace is also home to the Colnik Archive, an extensive collection of original drawings, blueprints and photographs donated by the Kohler Foundation in 2002. |
| Related objects | Another wrought iron clock frame by Colnik is also part of the Villa Terrace collections (object # VT1992.79): http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,1605 |
| Owner | Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum |
| Object # | VT1992.21 |
| Rights | (c) 2008 by Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.cavtmuseums.org/ |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | VT020 |
| Digital format | image/jpeg |
| Type | Physical object |
| Keywords | Metalwork; Clock; Timepiece; Measuring device (instrument); Furnishings and equipment; Timekeeping Tools and Equipment |
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