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Eight-day Clocks

DateLate 1700s
Terms
  • Eight-day Clocks
  • Enamel
  • Iron
  • Cherry
  • Acton
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberF911
DescriptionTall clock. Cherry case; enamelled iron dial. Dial is square with straight top broken by a half-circle. Within the arch is painted the figure of a huntsman with blue coat and buff colored trousers tucked into high boots. Spandrels are decorated with painted sprays of flowers. Second-hand dial above the two key-holes. Below is a calender attachment in a semi-circular slot. Hood has a pediment conforming in shape to the top of the dial, and surmounted by a simple scrolled fret and ball brasses. Moldings are a fillet, a wide cove and a narrow one. There are two fluted columns set in brass on either side of the dial. Case is chamfered about one third of the way up and has quarter-round fluted columns set into the chamber. Base is molded and set on an ogee bracket feet.
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  • Timepieces and Scientific Instruments
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