Simon Willard Banjo Clock



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Sold Price: [Subscribe to view] Sold Date: 6:00 AM PT - Nov 13th, 2010

Roxbury, Massachusetts, early 19th century, mahogany throat and base panel with carved and gilt wood surrounds, panels with leaf and berry blue, cream, gilt and gray-blue decoration, lower panel signed “S. Willard’s Patent”, cast brass eagle finial, with winder, 34-1/2 x 10-1/4 x 4-1/4 in., dial paint restored, privacy label verso “The Dallas House, Georgia, 1985”, throat panel with patch and repairs at attachment to case, reverse-painted panels with retouch, eagle finial replaced, separations and losses to gilt elements, two corner blocks on lower door replaced, pierced brass elements bent, other warping and scattered repairs, stains and scattered losses Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Levon C. Register, Franklin Springs, Georgia

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