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Of near square form, painted white and decorated with gilt gesso "twisted rope" triangles, enclosing pink and green floral spray in spandrels and a similarly painted floral wreath at the center. The dial is painted with black Arabic numerals.
shelf clocks
dials
timepieces
gesso
gilding
hardwood
painting (coating)
floral patterns
Hardwood
Gesso
Gilded
Painted
Floral
Clock
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.918
Massachusetts (United States)
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