Reuben Tower Patent Timepiece with Alarm or "Banjo" Clock, Hingham, Massachusetts, c. 1820, timepiece-form mahogany case with wooden bezel over the painted iron Roman numeral dial faintly inscribed R. Tower/Hingham, engraved brass alarm disk with Arabic numerals, pierced steel hands, alarm bell and brass finial mounted above, half-rounded frames enclose reverse-painted tablets all with mustard background, the waist with gold leaf floral decoration, the box with gold leaf eagle and Federal shield, eight-day time and integral alarm movement with recoil escapement regulated by a pendulum and powered by lead time and alarm weights, ht. 34 in.
Reuben Tower Patent Timepiece with Alarm or "Banjo" Clock, Hingham, Massachusetts, c. 1820, timepiece-form mahogany case with wooden bezel over the painted iron Roman numeral dial faintly inscribed R. Tower/Hingham, engraved brass alarm disk with Arabic numerals, pierced steel hands, alarm bell and brass finial mounted above, half-rounded frames enclose reverse-painted tablets all with mustard background, the waist with gold leaf floral decoration, the box with gold leaf eagle and Federal shield, eight-day time and integral alarm movement with recoil escapement regulated by a pendulum and powered by lead time and alarm weights, ht. 34 in.
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