Mahogany Shelf Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Charles Babbitt, Taunton, Massachusetts, c. 1850, glazed wooden bezel over the 7 3/4 in. iron painted dial with Arabic numerals and signed Charles Babbitt Taunton, hinged waist section with bird’s-eye maple panel enclosed within diamond pattern stringing, base with bird’s-eye maple panel framed by complicated dart pattern […]
Rosewood “Kirk’s Patent” Shelf Clock, by Marine Clock Manufacturing Company, New Haven, Connecticut, with 6 1/8 in. dia. painted zinc dial signed Kirk’s Patent, remains of printed maker’s label on backboard, and eight-day single-wind time and strike movement with patented lever escapement, ht. 11 3/4 in. Condition report Condition: Movement is in overhauled condition, dial […]
19th C. Terrys Patent weight driven wall clock with original reverse painting and pineapple finials Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:
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, […]
Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, dial signed Tiffany & Co., New York, with half round frames enclosing reverse painted glasses, the lower depicting Zeus on his chariot, the waist glass marked Patent and flanked by side ornaments, brass bezel over the zinc dial, eight-day weight-powered time-only movement probably by Waltham, with pendulum, (imperfections), ht. […]
Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, attributed to Foster Campos, c. 1970, with crossbanded frames enclosing reverse-painted tablets, the lower marked S. Willards Patent below a stylized sunburst pendulum aperture, Roman numeral painted dial and eight-day timepiece movement with “T-bridge” suspension, through bolts for case attachment in the Willard style, lead weight and pendulum, ht. […]
Ingrahm Beehive Shelf Clock
