$1,140
Elnathan Taber Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1815, painted iron Roman numeral dial, brass bezel, side ornaments flanking the waist section, crossbanded inlaid frames enclosing reverse-painted tablets, the lower depicting and marked Perry's Victory , eight-day time-only movement with T-bridge suspension, through-bolt attachment to the case, lead weight, pendulum, and painted tin weight baffle inscribed Made by E. Taber, Roxbury, Janr. 8th 1815 , ht. 41 in. Lacking pendulum bob, repainted glasses, lower pedestal added, finial and weight are not the original.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-12-01