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Mahogany clock; white face with black roman numerals and phases of the moon with yellow and blue personified moon; gold and silver oval and c-scroll decoration at face corners; bonnet has arched top wtih three brass finials; turned columns at front corners of bonnet; case has quarter columns with stop-flutings; door and base have inlaid line border; base has molded skirt and bracket feet.
tall case clocks
timepieces
mahogany (wood)
brass (alloy)
silver (metal)
turning (shaping process)
carving (processes)
inlay (process)
etching (printing process)
Federal
Clock, Tall Case
"Epes Ellery" (Etched)
Ellery, Epes (Maker)
MA
80 x 20 x 10 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mary Kingsbery
2005.10
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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