$800
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.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25