This table alarm clock has a gilded brass body with a silver dial, and, on the sides, silver frames enclosing glass panels. It is supported on four silver feet formed as winged lions. Beneath the body is the bell of the alarm. The dial is engraved with a view of a town on a river, where a man fishes on a bank
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Title of artwork, date
Table Clock, 1680–1720
Date supported
1959
Grant
75
Total cost
150
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