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Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, reissue by E.

Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, reissue by E. Howard & Company, Boston, with mahogany cross-banded inlaid case, eagle finial, convex painted dial with Roman numerals, Willard-type geometric painted glasses, eight-day weight-driven timepiece marked E. Howard & Co., Boston with Geneva stop, maintaining power, lead weight and pendulum, (throat glass cracked; no other significant repairs or […]

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"Grandfather" 1-day Timepiece, Yale Clock Company,

“Grandfather” 1-day Timepiece, Yale Clock Company, New Haven, Connecticut, the ebonized case with printed maker’s label on the back, paper on zinc dial, gilt incised decoration, floral decal in center and clear glass below housing a thirty-hour spring-powered timepiece movement, ht. 17 1/2 in. Condition report Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to […]

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Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, with mahogany

Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, with mahogany case, rope molded gilded frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower depicting Father Time and the throat glass marked “Willard’s Patent”, lower gilded pedestal, zinc dial signed “A. Willard Jr., Boston” and eight-day timepiece movement powered by an iron weight, (restoration), ht. 41 in. Condition report Condition: repainted glasses, […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock signed

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock signed Aaron Willard, Boston, c. 1825, with brass bezel over the 7 1/2-inch diameter painted iron dial with Roman numerals and signed, Aaron Willard, Boston, replacement rope molded gilded frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower depicting Mt. Vernon, the throat with portrait of Washington, gilded pedestal below and eight-day […]

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Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, painted

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, painted iron dial with Roman numerals, rope-molded gilded frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower depicting two ships in battle, the waist glass flanked by brass side ornaments, gilded lower pedestal and eight-day brass timepiece movement with iron weight and pendulum, ht. 40 in. Condition report Condition: waist glass cracked; […]

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Federal Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, John S

Federal Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock, John Sawin, Boston, c. 1825, the painted iron dial signed Sawin, half round molded frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower with gilt eagle and shield and eight-day brass timepiece movement with iron weight and brass-faced pendulum, (lower glass fractured, imperfections), ht. 33 in. Condition report Condition: both glasses are […]

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