THE DIAL SIGNED AARON WILLARD (1783-1864), AND THE CASE WITH APPLIED LABEL OF AARON WILLARD, BOSTON, 1810-1820

Details

A Federal Inlaid Mahogany Tall-Case Clock with Ship Movement
The Dial Signed Aaron Willard (1783-1864), and the case with applied label of Aaron Willard, Boston, 1810-1820
The hood with pierced fretwork frieze centering and flanked by plinths with brass eagle-figural finials above reeded colonettes centering an arched glazed door opening to an arched painted dial with painted seascape and moving ship over a Roman chapter ring with seconds sweep and aperture with signature of Aaron Willard on red ground and "Boston" painted below with painted seashell spandrels, all over a waisted case with engaged quarter columns centering a veneered and banded door above a box base with banded surround over a shaped skirt on French feet
93¾in. high, 19in. wide, 9in. deep

Provenance

G.K.S. Bush, Inc.

Lot Essay

This clock is closely related to an example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with works by Aaron Willard, Jr. The Met example shares with this one a clearly deliniated, painted, circular chapter ring with a marine scene on the arch of the dial, and a finely carved fretwork pediment. The dial of the Met example is attributed to Spenser Nolan and Samuel Curtis (1807-1820) or to Samuel Curtis's manufacturing (1824-c.1855), and these artists may have painted this dial as well. The example offered here is further distinguished by the ship-movement in the arched dial, a feature it shares with another clock by Aaron Willard (see Sack, American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection (Vol. 5, p.1378)

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