$2,040
Walter H. Durfee Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Providence, Rhode Island, painted iron Roman numeral dial marked Walter H. Durfee Providence , string-inlaid frames encasing reverse-painted tablets, the lower marked S. Willard's Patent , with sun and gilt stringing, throat having acorns and gilt stringing, eight-day weight-powered time-only movement with deadbeat escapement, maintaining power, Geneva stop, and nickel-plated movement marked E. Howard & Co. Boston 5 , gilt carved pediment and acorn finial, ht. 41 in. Lower tablet paint lifting and loss.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-12-01