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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock by Ch

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Chelsea, painted iron dial with Arabic numerals, brass eagle finial, half round frames enclosing reverse painted tablets, the lower depicting The Boston State House, carved lower pedestal and replacement battery operated movement, ht. 40 in. Condition report Condition: This clock was once a “slave” clock which received an […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock by Wa

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Waltham, painted iron dial with Roman numerals and marked Waltham, gilded rope molded frames enclosing reverse-painted tablets, brass bezel and side ornaments, turned acorn finial and now converted to a battery operated movement, ht. 40 in. Condition report Condition: This clock was originally a weight powered clock, movement […]

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Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Samuel Whiting

Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, Samuel Whiting, Concord, Massachusetts, in a mahogany case with turned finial, brass bezel enclosing the painted iron dial signed Warranted by S. Whiting, Concord, wooden side ornaments flanking the waist, lower box section with oval aperture for pendulum viewing, five-piece chestnut backboard all housing an eight-day brass, weight driven timepiece […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, attribu

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, attributed to Daniel Munroe Jr., Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1815, with veneered mahogany waist and lower box panels in banded frames, five-piece pine backboard, brass bezel and side ornaments, painted iron dial and eight-day time-only movement with ‘swallow-tail’ pallet bridge, pendulum and lead weight, (imperfections), ht. 34 1/4 in. See […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, attrib

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, attributed to Curtis & Dunning, Concord, Massachusetts, c. 1820, painted iron dial with Roman numerals, moon hands, gilded rope molded frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower depicting Aurora on her chariot pulled by two winged horses, the throat with gilt leaves on a green background flanked by brass side […]

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Tiger Maple Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock by

Tiger Maple Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Foster Campos, Pembroke, Massachusetts, with cross-banded inlaid frames enclosing reverse-paintings on glass, the lower depicting “Bass Farm”, 7 1/2 in painted iron dial signed Foster S. Campos, Pembroke, Mass., eight-day timepiece with lead weight and pendulum, ht. 42 1/2 in. Note: Bass Farm, Antrim, New Hampshire was […]

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