A FEDERAL EGLOMISE AND PARCE- GILT BANJO CLOCK, American, circa 1820, with gilt acorn finial above circular dialface with Roman chapter rings enclosed by a brass bezel above a flaring eglomise panel with a gilt foliate vine and a portrait bust of George Washington within a gilt oval enclosed by a giltwood rope-twist surround flanked by pierced scrolled brass spandrels over a rectangular eglomise panel depicting Mount Vernon enclosed by giltwood rope-twist surround above a base molding hung with gilt spherules over a fluted tapering pendant with gilt acorn drop(repairs)--40 2/3in. high, 10½in. wide, 3 7/8in. high

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A FEDERAL EGLOMISE AND PARCE- GILT BANJO CLOCK, American, circa 1820, with gilt acorn finial above circular dialface with Roman chapter rings enclosed by a brass bezel above a flaring eglomise panel with a gilt foliate vine and a portrait bust of George Washington within a gilt oval enclosed by a giltwood rope-twist surround flanked by pierced scrolled brass spandrels over a rectangular eglomise panel depicting Mount Vernon enclosed by giltwood rope-twist surround above a base molding hung with gilt spherules over a fluted tapering pendant with gilt acorn drop(repairs)--40 2/3in. high, 10½in. wide, 3 7/8in. high

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