Federal Mahogany Inlaid Banjo Timepiece

Description:

Federal Mahogany Inlaid Banjo Timepiece, Simon Willard, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1805, the brass bezel enclosing an iron painted dial and eight-day weight-driven T-bridge movement above the cross-banded veneered case and eglomise white and green tablets, the lower reading "Willard's Patent," refinished, (restoration),ht. 33 1/3, including finial.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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