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Bracket Clock

(about 1725–about 1805)
about 1760–80
Medium/TechniqueTortoiseshell veneered on oak and mahogany; gilt-bronze mounts; silvered dial with enameled decoration
Dimensions45.8 x 24.2 x 17.4 cm (18 1/16 x 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2237
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsDial painted "Markwick Markham et Marko London", backplate of movement engraved with same.
ProvenanceH. Blairman & Sons, London. Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
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