Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
H. Tifft Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, North Attleboro, Massachusetts, c. 1840, mahogany case with turned wood bezel over the painted iron Roman numeral dial marked H. Tifft, wood side ornaments, beveled frames enclosing the reverse-painted glass tablets, the throat a foliate vine, the lower an Odd Fellows glass marked Tisquantum Lodge, No. 46, I.O. of O.F., Instituted Sept. 30, 1844, with several symbols of the order in the pendulum aperture, eight-day, time-only movement powered by a weight, ht. 35 in.
Provenance: Terry and Karen Brotherton.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Slight loss to paint on lower glass.
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Keywords
North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Tisquantum Lodge, Terry Brotherton, Karen BrothertonJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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