Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Aaron Willard Mahogany Shelf Clock, Boston, c. 1810, scroll top with reeded plinth and giltwood acorn finial, over the hinged upper door encasing the reverse-painted glass tablet marked in the boss with blue background Aaron Willard Boston, gilt and red swag-form spandrels framing the Roman numeral painted iron dish dial and arrow hands, the reverse-painted lower tablet depicting Poseidon and Father Time, with both glasses enclosed by crossbanded and line inlaid frames, all resting on flared French feet, eight-day, brass, time-only movement with recoil escapement, pendulum and iron weight, ht. 36 in.
Estimate $10,000-15,000
original flared French feet and all associated blocking, scroll top and finial are original, some paint flaking on upper glass tablet, white painted dial matte missing a 1 x 4 in. section below the numeral six, lower glass tablet has been stabilized with varnish.
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Keywords
Aaron Willard Boston, PoseidonJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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