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Clock Shelf

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Collection Type

  • Clocks and timekeeping

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-8622

Description

Small shelf with decoratively cut edges. Top: square; quarter round molding to form edge; cutouts to accommodate clock weight ropes. Metal hangers attached for mounting to wall.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shelves
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Painted
Wood
Shelf

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 x 8 x 8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.714

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