Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, dial signed Tiffany & Co., New York, with half round frames enclosing reverse painted glasses, the lower depicting Zeus on his chariot, the waist glass marked Patent and flanked by side ornaments, brass bezel over the zinc dial, eight-day weight-powered time-only movement probably by Waltham, with pendulum, (imperfections), ht. 34 in.
Condition report
Condition: dial signature weak but visible, paint loss on lower glass and unstable border areas on waist glass.
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