$18,450
Simon Willard Mahogany Tall Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1800, case attributed to Abiel White, fret-top case with brass, stop-fluted, freestanding columns flanking the glazed hood door over the Roman numeral painted iron dial signed Simon Willard with floral spandrels and moon's age in the arch, crotch mahogany and banded inlaid cut-corner waist door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns, inlaid rope-turned banding on base edges resting on a two-stage molded base, eight-day, time and hour strike movement with false plate cast "Wilson," two cast iron weights and period pendulum, ht. 89 in. with finial. Note: Case stamped "A.W" on the bottom two quarter rounds below waist door case suggesting Abiel White, who apprenticed to Stephen Badlam. Badlam is known for very similar cases.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-01
