Aaron Willard Federal Painted and Stencil-decorated "Bride's" Shelf Clock

Description:

Aaron Willard Federal Painted and Stencil-decorated "Bride's" Shelf Clock, c. 1815, gilt-turned and stenciled finial plinth above the gilded rope-molded frames enclosing the reverse-painted tablet inscribed "Aaron Willard, Boston" within an oval cartouche on a stenciled ground with red and blue shield spandrels, roman numeral iron dish dial, lower section with gilded rope-molding frames enclosing the original reverse-painted tablet depicting a country scene above the stencil-decorated pillow molding and gilded ball front feet, eight-day timepiece with iron weight and 12-in. pendulum, ht. 33 1/2 in.

Note: These white painted clocks are rare variants of "dish" dial glass-front shelf clocks.


Estimate $20,000-30,000

Original painted case, tablets, feet and dial. Some paint loss to both tablets, stenciling has minor wear and loss. Overall very nice example.


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