Aaron Willard Jr. Thermometer-front Patent Timepiece or Banjo Clock

Aaron Willard Jr. Thermometer-front Patent Timepiece or Banjo Clock

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$8,000 – $12,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Bonhams Skinner[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$8,000[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]Aug 09, 2022[/restrict]

Aaron Willard Jr. Thermometer-front Patent Timepiece or Banjo Clock, c. 1815, mahogany case with hinged brass bezel, convex glass, unsigned, painted, roman numeral dial, barbed wire hands, gilt rope frames enclosing the reverse-painted tablets, upper tablet with thermometer and signed "A. Wilard Jr.," bottom glass depicting a country mansion, carved lower gilt bracket, uniformed cut head with brass movement, T-bridge suspension, recoil escapement, alternate train mounted with through bolts, ht. 39 in.

Note: The throat tablet is signed with one "l" in Willard. In his book Willard's Patent Time Pieces, A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock 1800-1900, Paul J. Foley includes chapter 17 that discusses thermometer-front timepieces.