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Eagle finial (wings open, head turned to left); circular face with Arabic numbers; convex glass, gilt balls encircle frame; trapazoidal waist inset with thermometer scaled from "Extra Cold" to "Water Boils;" glass cover over thermometer has reverse painted border; pierced brass scrolls terminating with rosettes at either end flank the waist; circular base with carved acanthus pendant and covex glass cover, vignette of an allegorical figure identified as "Commerce" drawn through the ocean by sea horses, accompanied by attendant, putti, a cornucopia, an American flag and eagle, door frame decorated with gilt balls, entire exterior of clock is gilded.
wall clocks
carving (processes)
gilding
glass (material)
reverse painting on glass (image-making)
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Clock
Clock, Wall
Clock, Wall
Face inscribed ""PATENT""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Curtis, Lemuel (Maker)
Concord, MA, USA
46 1/2 x 13 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.604
------------. "Ceramic Chinoiserie," Antiques Magazine, August 1941,. [No Publisher].
Massachusetts (United States)
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