Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770-1803.

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Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770-1803.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668307271

Tall-case clock. The hood has a molded arch pediment with a pierced fret at the front and sides, five brass urn-and-spire finials on plinths, arched sidelights with carved latticework, 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 moldings at the top and a case door with a molded edge, concave bottom corners, and an arched top. Base with cove molding at the top, ovolo molding at the bottom, shaped skirts at the front and sides, and supported on straight bracket feet. Engraved dial with roman hour numerals and arabic minute numerals, engraved c-scrolls in the spandrels, and a rocking ship mechanism in the lunette. Inside the chapter ring there is an engraved seconds dial, a calendar aperture, engraved c-scrolls and leaves, and the inscription "Benjn Willard Roxbury." Eight day movement.

H: 91"

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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...

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, Simon, 1753-1848

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