Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock Attributed to Sa
Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock Attributed to Samuel Abbott, Boston, c. 1825, gilded rope molded frames enclosing reverse-painted tablets, the lower depicting two warships and marked “Hull”, iron dial with Roman numerals and moon-shaped hands, brass eight-day movement with pendulum, ht. 30 in. Note: For a related movement by Samuel Abbott see, Paul J. Foley, […]