Gorgeous Antique Painted Tin Clock with Compass Star, Flowers, Fruit (for Display) happy family with the manner of carving

with the manner of carving and wonderfully painted details merging perfectly to make a most animated and endearing creature

which has rendered it

also known as the Staff of Aesculapius

I purchased this piece from the estate sale of a former gallerist and great collector on Newbury Street in Boston that included an endless array of wonderful things

Gorgeous Antique Painted Tin Clock with Compass Star, Flowers, Fruit (for Display) happy family with the manner of carvingThis beautifully painted tin face is attached to a whole clock, but it is not in working condition so a decorative object and one can point the brass dial to whatever time one likes! I just find the painting on it so lovely, with red and blue compass style star top center flanked by white flowers and fruits with graceful leaves all around. I believe the "Mora" refers to its type as a Mora clock, late 18th c. Swedish in origin but I think this one 19th