A LATE CHIPPENDALE PARCEL-GILT, PAINTED AND MIRRORED WALL CLOCK

LABELLED BY SIMON WILLARD, CIRCA 1800

細節

A LATE CHIPPENDALE PARCEL-GILT, PAINTED AND MIRRORED WALL CLOCK
Labelled by Simon Willard, circa 1800
The arched crest with gilt-brass scrolls centering a circular glass opening to a white-enamelled dial with black Arabic and Roman numerals above a rectangular mirrored glass surrounded by a gilt frame and flanked by similar scrolls, all mounted on a green-painted box opening to an interior revealing works and retaining its original label of Simon Willard
34in. high, 17in. wide, 3in. deep

來源

Craig and Tarlton, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina

拍品專文

Bearing the label of Simon Willard, printed by Isaiah Thomas Jr. in Worcester after 1800, the clock being offered here appears to be unique in the clockmaker's known oeuvre. Willard is known to have experimented with the sale of many types of clocks as his label advertises, many of which have never been correlated with existing time pieces. Others, such as the "sidewalk clock," pictured in the label have been at least partially identified, and are thought to be clever innovations on traditional time pieces (Richard W. Husher and Walter W. Welch, A Study of Simon Willard's Clocks Boston, 1980, p.238-242).