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A FEDERAL INLAID AND CARVED MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK
BY AARON WILLARD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1800
The hood with three brass urn finials surmounted by spreadwing eagles centering pierced fretwork above an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds dial and inscribed "Aaron Willard, Boston," the gilt spandrels embellished with red and green oval paterae surmounted by a rocking ship movement, the arch painted with a seascape flanked by reeded colonettes with brass capitals and bases over a waisted case with rectangular crossbanded and line-inlaid cupboard door opening to an engraved label flanked by reeded quarter columns with brass capitals and bases above a line-inlaid and crossbanded box base over a shaped
skirt, on flared French feet, appears to retain original finials, red Japanned weights--99 1/2in. high, 18 1/4in. wide, 9 1/2in. deep
BY AARON WILLARD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1800
The hood with three brass urn finials surmounted by spreadwing eagles centering pierced fretwork above an arched glazed door opening to a white-painted dial with Roman and Arabic chapter rings enclosing a sweep seconds dial and inscribed "Aaron Willard, Boston," the gilt spandrels embellished with red and green oval paterae surmounted by a rocking ship movement, the arch painted with a seascape flanked by reeded colonettes with brass capitals and bases over a waisted case with rectangular crossbanded and line-inlaid cupboard door opening to an engraved label flanked by reeded quarter columns with brass capitals and bases above a line-inlaid and crossbanded box base over a shaped
skirt, on flared French feet, appears to retain original finials, red Japanned weights--99 1/2in. high, 18 1/4in. wide, 9 1/2in. deep