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Banjo clock. Painted glass panels in base and neck. Painted panel in base has been repainted. New paint depicts a two-story house with a porch in a meadow. Neck panel depicts painted vine-like leaves in the shape of two figure-eights. White painted iron circular dial and black Roman numerals. Brass side ornaments. Replaced plinth and brass finial.
wall clocks
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
wood (plant material)
Federal
Clock
Clock, Wall
Clock, Wall
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
32 x 10 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.2944
Massachusetts (United States)
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