Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock attributed to Horace Tifft, Attleboro, Massachusetts, circa 1840, with flat beveled frames, reverse-painted tablets, the lower of Aurora on her chariot, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, moon shaped hands and eight-day time only weight powered movement with iron weight and pendulum, ht. 33 in.
Condition report
Condition: Repainted dial and tablets.
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