Spherical glass magnifying crystal paperweight with flattened bottom to rest on table; brass ring follows circumference; front side of ring has alternating synthetic diamond and saphires; attached to top side of brass ring, behind gemmed band, is a circular brass ring enclosing winding mechanism; clock face, visible from front, is white with blue cicles behind the gold numbeers; bottom of face has circular dial (seconds?); back side reveals brass workings.
clocks
timepieces
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
Glass
Brass
CLOCK
Stamped ""M No854OZO""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
France
3.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.747
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