Sold for:
$1,599
$1,599
Simon Willard Jr. Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, c. 1815, painted iron Roman numeral dial signed S. Willard Jr. Boston , mahogany crossbanded inlaid frames enclosing the reverse-painted glasses, the lower tablet reading E Pluribus Unum , the waist glass with gilt, red, blue, and green glass reading Patent , flanked by brass side ornaments, eight-day timepiece movement with step train, fillister head case attachment, and dead-beat escapement, regulated by a pendulum and a lead weight, ht. 33 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
