Clock movement

Clockmaker: Filippo Polvini Italian

1745

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Title: Clock movement
Maker: Clockmaker: Filippo Polvini (recorded 1745–48)
Date: 1745
Culture: Italian, Ancona
Medium: Brass, iron
Dimensions: H. of lantern clock: 13 in. (33 cm);
W. of lantern clock: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of William B. Osgood Field, 1902
Object Number: 02.5.72b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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