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Patent Timepiece

Artist Joseph Dyer 1795 - 1851
Date1816-1819
Terms
  • Patent Timepieces
  • Glass
  • Brass
  • Gilt
  • Iron
  • Steel
  • Chestnut
  • Mahogany
  • Pine
  • Paint
  • Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions83.76 × 25.38 × 7.61 cm (33 × 10 × 3 in.)
Markings"Warranted by J. Dyar Concord." Retains the original eglomise glasses, the waist panel inscribed "Dyar" and the base panel depicts a scene of "Mt. Vernon."
Credit LinePatent Timepiece, Joseph Dyar, Concord, Ma, 1816-1819. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Joseph and Anne Pellegrino; F2530.
Object numberF2530
DescriptionTimepiece. Mahogany, mahogany veneer; gilded pine, pine, chestnut, brass, steel, painted iron, painted glass. "Banjo clock" with a painted dial inscribed "Warranted by J. Dyar Concord" Shows a scene of Mount Vernon.
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