Tall case brass dial clock, 1768.

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Tall case brass dial clock, 1768.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668307233

Curly maple tall-case clock. The hood has a molded sarcophagus top with a pierced brass gallery at the top, two brass ball-and-spire finials on plinths, a cove molded cornice, a molded arch above the door, arched sidelights, free-standing turned columns with gilt capitals and bases at the four corners, and a glazed door with an astragal top. Waist with cove molding at the top and a case door with a shaped top. Stepped base with cove and ogee moldings at the top and ogee molding at the bottom. 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 "Benj Willard Grafton" at the center. The dial also bears the inscription "16 1768" indicating the number of the clock, and the year in which it was made. Eight day movement.

H: 87" W: 21" D: 9.75"

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Willard, Simon, 1753-1848

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Simon Willard was a clock maker working in Grafton and Roxbury, Mass. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1785. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258840 From the description of Brass dial wall clock, ca. 1785. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258819 From the description of Brass dial wall clock, 1780-1790. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258829 From the description of Brass dial shelf clock, 1790-1800....

Willard, Benjamin, 1743-1803,

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Benjamin Willard was a clock maker working in Roxbury, Grafton, and Lexington, Mass. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1780-1790. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668307170 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668307246 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770-1803. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668307271 From the descriptio...

Willard, Aaron (American clockmaker, 1757-1844)

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Aaron Willard was a clock maker in Grafton and Roxbury, Mass. From the description of Brass dial wall clock, ca. 1780. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258801 From the description of Brass dial wall clock, 1775-1780. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258790 From the description of Brass dial wall clock, 1780-1785. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258793 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1805-1810. (Wi...