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Group of four clock parts

Group of four clock parts
Object name 
Group of four clock parts
Date 
1871
Medium 
Metal
Dimensions 
5 x 2 1/4 x 1 in.
Description 
These four green painted metal parts are embossed with designs and have holes in either end for screw mounting. They appear to be trim for a metal clock as they are embossed on the back "The Parker & Whipple/ Co./ Patented/ Feb. 28, 1871". Parker & Whipple were clockmakers.
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.512a-d
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.