Rectangular wooden back with case attached, carved front face with scrolled top; round face, carved beaded edge; face painted in gold, white, and painted fruit in pediment, lead weights below.
wag-on-wall clocks
timepieces
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
carving (processes)
lead (metal)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
fruit
Lead
Beaded
Painted
Fruit
Carved
CLOCK, WALL
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
Europe
18.5 x 6.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.322
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