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Wall clock surmounted by spread-winged eagle and urn finial. Small round white enamel face with Roman numerals enclosed in top of lyre-shaped body. Mahogany case with gilt front with scrolls and fleur de lis enclosing pastoral scene. Sits on rectangular box with pastoral scene surrounded by beaded edges. Scallop shell at base.
clocks
timepieces
brass (alloy)
gilding
mahogany (wood)
painting (coating)
shell (animal material)
fleur-de-lis (motifs)
pastoral
scallop shell
shell (animal material)
urns
Clock
Clock, Wall
Brass
Mahogany
Gilded
Eagle
Urn
Fleur-de-Lis
Shell
Painted
Pastoral
Clock, Wall
On dial face: Aaron Willard, Jr. Boston.
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Possibly Willard, Aaron (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA, SUFFOLK
41 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 4 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.365
1825 (circa)
Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly
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