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Willard's Patent Weight Driven Banjo Clock NR

Early Willard’s Patent weight driven banjo clock: “Capture of the Cyane and Levant” glass tablets; original worn dial with early 1800’s cleaning memo on reverse; gilt mahogany case. (Case stripping; some touch ups throughout; throat glass cracked; one brass side piece attached but loose.) 40 1/2″ T. Running at time of description but not guaranteed […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo Clock" by Fost

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo Clock” by Foster Campos, Pembroke, Massachusetts, glazed brass bezel over the painted iron dial with Roman numerals and marked with maker’s name, crossbanded inlaid frames enclosing reverse-painted geometric glasses, the lower marked S. Willard’s Patent, brass side ornaments and eight-day timepiece with pendulum and weight, ht. 34 in. Condition report […]

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Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Aaron Willard,

Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, Aaron Willard, Jr., Boston, with mahogany case, rope molded gilt frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower depicting Lady Liberty and inscribed E. Pluribus Unum, the other inscribed Patent, brass side ornaments, painted iron dial inscribed A. Willard Jr., Boston, brass bezel and original eight-day weight-driven timepiece movement, (glasses are old […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, New En

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, New England, mid-19th century, with molded wooden bezel opening to a painted zinc dial above flat-beveled frames enclosing reverse-painted and gilt glasses, flanked by carved wooden sidearms, the lower door with a gilt eagle and marked S. WILLARD’S PATENT, brass eight-day time-only movement, wooden pendulum rod and brass-faced pendulum […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Boston

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, Boston, c. 1820, with gilded rope-molded frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower depicting The Capture of the Frolic and marked Patent and Jones, 7 1/2 in. dia. painted iron dial with “vertical” Roman numerals, eight-day time-only brass movement with “T-bridge” and through bolt attachment, powered by a lead weight […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock by E.

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by E. Howard Clock Company, Boston, with cross-banded inlaid frames, Willard-type reverse painted tablets, the waist glass marked Willard’s Patent, printed maker’s label inside and Directions for Putting up the Clock, 7 3/4 in. dia. painted iron dial with Roman numerals, eight-day brass timepiece with pendulum and iron weight, […]

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