1800-1820
GUSN-289691
Tall case clock with broken arch pediment, wood inlay of spray of leaves on each side of clock face. Ionic columns with brass capitals and bases flank clock face. Doric columns on each side of case door. Ogee skirt at base. Polychrome painted flowers on clock face.
tall case clocks
wood (plant material)
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
veneer
Clock, Tall Case
N. Mullican/Newbury -port (painted on clock face)
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
89 3/4 x 19 x 9 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.227
1800-1820 (Probably)
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