Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Simon Willard & Son Chronometer Timing Receipt, No. 9 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts, December 28, 1868, an invoice for services provided to Captain Jones on a Negus chronometer including keeping rating for 45 mos., signed Rec. Pay, S. Willard & Son, framed, 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Estimate $200-300
not examined out of frame, evidence of scotch tape on the reverse securing tears along the fold.
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Keywords
Simon Willard, Son ChronometerJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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