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1650-1710
GUSN-2510
English lantern clock, brass, in form of a cube, surmounted by a hemispherical dome with finial, above round brass dial with Roman numerals, mounted on a framework composed of four pillars, from which rise four additional pieces that intersect, topped by finials, surmounted by an ornamental pierced-carved and engraved crest with floral and dolphin motifs; all rests on ball feet.
lantern clocks
timepieces
brass (alloy)
engraving (printing process)
piercing
William and Mary
Clock
Clock
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
14 x 6 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.558
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