Federal Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock by Simon
Federal Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Simon Willard, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1805, the mahogany case with crossbanded inlaid frames enclosing reverse-painted tablets, the lower in blue, salmon, gold, and white marked S. Willard’s Patent around the pendulum aperture, the throat flanked by brass side ornaments with finely executed gilt cross-hatching on a white ground, […]