Shelf clock. Marble pedestal base with convex circular eglomise panel over watercolor drawing insert of iron bridge over water; surmounted by mahogany framed clock with enamel face, engraved on back "Wm More/Boston/Feb 15th/1806." Watercolor drawing titled "COALBROOKDALE IRON BRIDGE."
shelf clocks
timepieces
glass (material)
mahogany (wood)
marble (rock)
Marble
Glass
Mahogany
CLOCK, SHELF
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Coalbrookdale, England
Possibly More, William (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
10 x 4 1/3 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.4413
Massachusetts (United States)
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