$4,920
Simon Willard Mahogany Inlaid Tall Clock, Boston, c. 1815, fret-top hood with fluted plinths and brass finials over the glazed door flanked by brass stop fluted freestanding columns flanking the painted iron Roman numeral dial signed Simon Willard , with two painted pheasants in center, floral spandrels, moon's age in arch, seconds bit and calendar aperture, stop-fluted quarter-columns flanking the applied molded waist door with string and cross banded inlay, base with similar inlay decoration, all resting on scalloped base with French feet, eight-day time and hour strike movement with false plate, moon's age dial plate stamped Wilson Birm on back, powered by two tin-cased weights and period pendulum, ht. 94 in. with finial.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25