Sale 9054
New York, Park Avenue
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15 - 16 January 1999
Price realised
USD 1,725
Estimate
A FEDERAL GILTWOOD AND GLOMIS BANJO CLOCK Dial signed by Aaron Willard (1783-1864), Boston, circa 1810 The brass flame finial above a circular glazed dial door with brass bezel enclosing a white-painted dial with a Roman numeral chapter ring signed "A. Willard/Boston" over a tapering throat with conforming brown and white gilt-decorated glomis panel with scrolling flourish surrounded by spiral beading flanked by brass openwork scrolled spandrels above a rectangular box base decorated with a horse-drawn carriage within a country scene on an glomis door over spherules and a fluted bracket above an acorn drop pendant 41in. high, 10in. wide, 4in. deep
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