Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, with mahogany case, rope molded gilded frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower depicting Father Time and the throat glass marked “Willard’s Patent”, lower gilded pedestal, zinc dial signed “A. Willard Jr., Boston” and eight-day timepiece movement powered by an iron weight, (restoration), ht. 41 in.
Condition report
Condition: repainted glasses, re-gilded frames, replacement dial and side arms
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