Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock attributed to Aaron Willard Jr., Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1810, convex painted iron dial with Arabic numerals, cross-banded inlaid frames enclosing reverse painted tablets, the waist with thermometer on a calibrated painted iron plate with Fahrenheit degrees and descriptions, "extreme cold", "freezing", "temperate", "summer heat" and "fever heat", the lower glass with Lady Liberty, a globe, an eagle in flight with a banner marked E Pluribus Unum, eight-day timepiece with "T-bridge" suspension, through bolts for movement attachment, step train and recoil escapement, pendulum and lead weight, ht. 34 3/4 in.
Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock attributed to Aaron Willard Jr., Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1810, convex painted iron dial with Arabic numerals, cross-banded inlaid frames enclosing reverse painted tablets, the waist with thermometer on a calibrated painted iron plate with Fahrenheit degrees and descriptions, "extreme cold", "freezing", "temperate", "summer heat" and "fever heat", the lower glass with Lady Liberty, a globe, an eagle in flight with a banner marked E Pluribus Unum, eight-day timepiece with "T-bridge" suspension, through bolts for movement attachment, step train and recoil escapement, pendulum and lead weight, ht. 34 3/4 in.
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