$14,220
Benjamin Willard Mahogany Tall Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, No. 209, c. 1790, hood with pierced fret, fluted free-standing columns flanking the silvered brass engraved dial signed Benja. Willard, Roxbury and No. 209 with rococo scroll spandrel decoration and phoenix and Latin inscription Ab hoc Momento Pendet Eternitas in the arch, arched waist door flanked by fluted quarter columns and ogee feet, eight-day time and strike movement with strap iron pendulum rod, brass faced bob and two lead weights, ht. 93 in. Note: This dial is illustrated on the facing title page of Brooks Palmer, Treasury of American Clocks . Replacement fret, waist door, movement seat board, finials, object front foot and blocking, object left front and rear feet pieced, object right rear foot repaired, dial resilvered.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
