$4,700
Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Shelf Timepiece, Aaron Willard, Grafton, Massachusetts, c. 1775-1825, the flat rectangular cornice above a hinged square veneered door with mitered corners opening to a brass engraved dial with floral designs and marked "A. Willard, Grafton," framed by a ropetwist bezel with brass weight-driven thirty-hour movement with flanking ball top vase and ring-turned posts above the lower section of flat mid molding and central pierced and mitered panel with flanking crossbanding and free standing tapering columns on square plinths and flat base, (imperfections), ht. 18, wd. 9 1/4, dp. 3 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-06-06