Simon Willard School, Boston, Mass., patent timepiece or banjo wall clock, mahogany case, painted metal dial, barbed hands, 8 day time only movement, c1808
Condition
case refinished and in good condition, banding veneer on doors looks exceptional making it difficult to determine originality, tablets are replacements on old glass, original painted dial with some loss to edges at the mounting pins and some surface stains, number three appears on reverse of dial in two places, original finely made barbed hands, baseboard added to bottom box with numerous plugged holes, indicating this clock may have once had a bottom bracket, finial thinly cast with wrought iron mounting pin indicating it is likely original, original duck bill lead weight, clock has several appropriate characteristics of a Willard, including a through bolt and a T-bridge pendulum mount ACCESSORIES: Pendulum, Weight, Finial, Winding Crank , 34.5in x 10in x 3.5in