Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock

Description:

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, attributed to Daniel Munroe Jr., Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1815, with veneered mahogany waist and lower box panels in banded frames, five-piece pine backboard, brass bezel and side ornaments, painted iron dial and eight-day time-only movement with 'swallow-tail' pallet bridge, pendulum and lead weight, (imperfections),ht. 34 1/4 in.

See Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825, p. 71 for a related timepiece by Munroe.
Estimate $2,500-4,500

dial probably relined, replacement hands and finial, mahogany panels of interesting construction appear to be the original.

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