Federal Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock

Description:

Federal Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Massachusetts, with painted iron dial marked Aaron Willard, Boston, gilt frames enclosing painted glasses, the lower depicting a single sailing ship, brass side ornaments, all housing an eight-day timepiece movement powered by an iron weight and regulated by a pendulum, (signature added, lower box section largely reconstructed, glasses are old repaints),ht. 33 in.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

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