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Wall clock

Wall clock

(1768–1834)
about 1810–25
Object PlaceRoxbury or Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, gilt wood, brass, reverse painted glass
DimensionsOverall: 105.4 x 25.4 x 9.5 cm (41 1/2 x 10 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession number32.297
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsFace is inscribed across the lower half: "Warranted for Dr. Bugbee / by / William Cummens." Upper glass is painted: "Patent" Lower glass is painted: "VIEW OF BOSTON COMMON" In pencil on top rail of door, "July 23-2 18 [??}" On back: "207"
ProvenanceThe dial is inscribed "Warranted for Dr. Bugbee." The maker's mother was Sarah Bugbee, so Dr. Bugbee may have been a relation. Later history unknown. Part of the large collection bequeathed to the museum by the noted Boston collector Charles Hitchcock Tyler (Accession Date September 1, 1932)