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Eight-day mantel clock; rectangular rosewood-veneered case; platform base; two-paneled door, with glass panes; silver-colored metal mushroom knob; lower panel covers works; eglomise and reverse painting on glass image of a bird on a branch painted on lower panel; glass pane above exposes clock face with Roman numerals around the dial, enclosing the maker's name painted metal face and hands;
mantel clocks
wood (plant material)
rosewood (wood)
walnut (wood)
veneer
glass (material)
verre églomisé
reverse painting on glass (image-making)
Empire (style)
mantel clocks
Clock
Furniture
Empire
Clock
"Manufactured in the United States" (above the dial)
"Seth Thomas" (below hands across the dial)
Used At Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Thomas, Seth
14 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth Vaughan
1949.712
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