Lot 173

AMERICAN FEDERAL BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY BANJO CLOCK, SIMON WILLARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 13th May | Lots 68 to 297
Description
the circular silvered dial with Roman numerals signed ‘Simon Willard’, the mahogany case surmounted by a turned finial, the trunk with reverse painted and gilded glass panel within a crossbanded border flanked by pierced brass appliques, above a similar hinged pendulum door, terminated in a ball mounted moulded bracket, single train timepiece movement
Dimensions
108cm high, 27cm wide, 9cm deep
Footnote
Simon Willard (1753-1848) was an American clockmaker working in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston, Massachusetts. Among his innovations and timekeeping improvements, Simon Willard is best known for inventing the eight-day patent timepiece that came to be known as the gallery or banjo clock.
