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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock by Dani

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Daniel Munroe, Jr., sold to Lothrop Davis by John Munroe, Barnstable, June 1826, the painted iron dial with Roman numerals inscribed Warranted by D. Munroe, gilded rope moldings enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower, an allegorical scene depicting Lady Liberty holding the American flag while standing in a seashell […]

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MASSACHUSETTS SHELF CLOCK. Dial signed N. Munroe"

MASSACHUSETTS SHELF CLOCK.Dial signed N. Munroe” for NathanielMunroe, Concord, Massachusetts, ca. 1805.Figured mahogany with pine secondarywood. A two-part case with a fretworkpediment, string inlay, and resting on ogeebracket feet. The eight-day brass movementhas a steel dial with restored paint. Retainsweight, pendulum, and key. 35″h. 13 1/4″w.6 3/4″d. Munroe apprenticed under AbelHutchins and worked in Concord […]

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