Variant Patent Timepiece

Artist Aaron Willard Jr. (shop of)

Date1805 - 1815

Terms

Variant Patent Timepiece
Glass
Metal
Brass
Steel
Casuarina
Mahogany
Pine
Paint
Boston

Dimensions87.63 × 29.21 × 10.16 cm (34 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 4 in.)

Credit LineGift from the estate of Jane Catherine Smith Bolmeyer, Wilmington, Delaware, in memory of her mother, Jane Godwin Wright Smith, Wickliffe, Ohio (2011)

Object number2012.1

DescriptionVariant patent timepiece, also known as a diamond head banjo clock. Attributed to the shop of Aaron Willard, Jr., Boston. Mahogany case with stringing inlay; diamond-shaped white face; with shield and gold foliate motif at corners; column body, tapered and reeded at the top, on top of a rectangular base set with reverse-painted black glass with a gilded circle at the center revealing the pendulum. 2012.001.1 is the clock weight and 2012.001.2 is the clock finial.

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