11-01-200811-02-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2431Boston
November 1, 2008 03:00 PMCalender
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Tiger Maple Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock by Foster Campos

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$2,133$1,800
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM

Description:

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 formerly the home of clock collector Herbert Nilson.
Estimate $1,500-3,000

Keywords

Bass Farm, Pembroke, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Antrim, clock collector , Herbert Nilson