$3,198
Aaron Willard Jr. Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, No. 2076, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1820, the mahogany case with painted iron roman numeral dial signed A. Willard, Jr./Boston , barbed steel hands and brass bezel, brass side ornaments flank the waist section with half-round moldings and reverse-painting on glass of a classical urn and foliage on a mustard and blue ground, the box glass depicts a father and three children out for a walk and ride in a baby buggy with gold leaf, blue, and mustard border framed in half-round molding, eight-day time-only movement with recoil escapement, holes for fillister head screws (now gone), front plate stamped A Willard Jr./Boston. , powered by a lead weight and regulated by a brass-faced pendulum bob and iron rod, ht. to top of gilded acorn finial 33 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-10-28
