$1,007
Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Massachusetts, circa 1815, with concave gilded frames enclosing reverse-painted tablets, the lower depicting a kneeling woman in classical dress, the waist inscribed "Patent", painted zinc dial with Roman numerals and eight-day timepiece with pendulum and iron weight, ht. 39 in. dial is a replacement, losses on original glasses, gilding is original, old surface on case.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-17