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Clock Face

Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1815-1830

GUSN

GUSN-2689

Description

It is painted white with a hand decorated lunette and a gilt goblet with a bouquet of red flowers, over the main chapter ring with black Arabic numerals and conforming numerals at the second hand and calendar rings. It has a single red flower with green stem and "squaggles" decorates each spandrel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dials
timepieces
hardwood
painting (coating)
floral patterns
numerals
Hardwood
Painted
Floral
Numbers
Clock

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16.25 x 11.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.914

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