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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Alva

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, Alvah Skinner, Boston, with acorn finial, half round moldings enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower marked Long Wharf Boston, 1800, brass side ornaments, iron dial signed Alvah Skinner, eight-day weight-powered time-only movement with pendulum, (glasses repainted), ht. 33 in. Condition report Condition: glasses repainted, dial and signature are undisturbed, movement […]

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