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Tombstone dial that is gilded and paint decorated with arabic numerals; depicts a compote of roses.
dials
timepieces
gesso
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
numerals
floral patterns
rose (genus)
Wood
Gesso
Painted
Numbers
Rose
Clock
A signature in stencil on the front of the dial reads: J.& R. Twiss, Montreal.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Twiss, J & R (Maker)
Montreal, QE, Canada
16 1/4 x 11 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.909
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