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Mantel clock

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-172490

Description

Black marble mantel clock with round body and white face with Roman numerals on a serpentine scroll base decorated with painted gold scrolls and foliage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mantel clocks
timepieces
black marble
Empire (style)
Clock

Inscription

Crosby Morse & Foss / Boston (On front of clock face)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD312

Maker

Crosby, Morse & Foss (Clockmaker)

Dimensions

14 x 23 1/4 x 7 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2207

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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