Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1765-1771.

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Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1765-1771.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668307211

Cherry tall-case clock. The hood has a molded pagoda pediment with three brass ball-and-spire finials on plinths, fretwork in the top of the pediment, a molded arch above the door, free-standing turned columns with gilt capitals and bases at the front corners, turned quarter columns at the rear corners, and a glazed door with an astragal top. Waist with cove and ogee molding at the top and a case door with a molded edge and an astragal top. Base with cove and ovolo molding at the top, ogee moldings at the bottom, a shaped skirt and supported on straight bracket feet. Composite brass dial with applied chapter ring with roman hour numerals and arabic minute numerals, applied cast ornament in the spandrels and lunette, and an applied boss engraved with the image of a bird in the lunette. Inside the chapter ring there is a calendar aperture, and a seconds dial with a scalloped edge and the inscription "No. 59 Benj Willard Lexington Fecit" at the center. Eight day movement.

H: 88.5"

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Willard, Aaron (American clockmaker, 1757-1844)

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Willard, Simon, 1753-1848

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