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For a similar shelf clock by Simon Willard, see William H. Distin and Robert Bishop. The American Clock (New York, 1976) fig.196.
MASSACHUSETTS, 1790-1810
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A FEDERAL BRASS-INLAID CHERRYWOOD SHELF CLOCK
massachusetts, 1790-1810
The scalloped shaped pediment flanked by brass acorn finials above a molded cornice over a hood with a door centering a bell-shaped glass and glass corners opening to a brass engraved dial with Arabic and Roman chapter rings, flanked by brass-inlaid fluted columns above brass circular reserves all over a cavetto mid-molding above a rectangular case, on a stepped molded base
18in. high, 9¼in. wide, 4in. deep
massachusetts, 1790-1810
The scalloped shaped pediment flanked by brass acorn finials above a molded cornice over a hood with a door centering a bell-shaped glass and glass corners opening to a brass engraved dial with Arabic and Roman chapter rings, flanked by brass-inlaid fluted columns above brass circular reserves all over a cavetto mid-molding above a rectangular case, on a stepped molded base
18in. high, 9¼in. wide, 4in. deep
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