Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Attributed to El
Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, Attributed to Elnathan Taber, Roxbury Village/Boston Neck, c. 1815, mahogany case with crossbanded frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the waist glass marked Willard’s Patent, the lower depicting seven ships in battle, shield-shaped pendulum aperture surmounted by an eagle with outstretched wings and marked Perry’s Victory, brass side ornaments and bezel, painted […]