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Simon Willard American Banjo Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$100 – $300[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,250[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Jul 21, 2010[/restrict]
Simon Willard American Banjo Clock: time only weight driven with a 7″ original dial. The name Simon Willard, Boston was painted on after the dial already had some good age to it. The movement is early and proper for this case.
(No pendulum ball. The dial’s paint is crazed and has some loss to the paint by the L screws. The gilt paint is original and shows wear in some places. Both glass plates are replacements. The eagle finial is not as old as the case.)
39 1/2″
Simon Willard Jr., Boston, MA Banjo
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,000 – $3,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Cottone Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,800[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]9:00 AM – Oct 17, 2014[/restrict]
Simon Willard Jr., Boston, MA Banjo. Banded mahogany case. Original painted metal dial. Period reverse painted glasses. “Patent” throat glass. 8 day time only weight driven movement. Ht. 34″.
Fine & Rare Early Simon Willard Banjo Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$10,000 – $15,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Cottone Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$25,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Sep 26, 2015[/restrict]
Fine & Rare Early Simon Willard Banjo Clock. Cross banded mahogany case, old finish & patina. Original painted iron dial. Original reverse painted tablets, signed S. Willard’s Patent. 8 day strike only T-bridge, weight driven brass movement. Ht. 33 1/2″. The Collection of Dr. Warren Hammerschlag, New Jersey.
Tall Case Clock by Simon Willard
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$25,000 – $30,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Converse Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$50,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]1:00 PM – Jun 18, 2010[/restrict]
No doubt Simon Willard (1753-1848)is regarded by many as America’s leading clock maker and also the most innovative. He and his three clockmaker brothers are the foremost family members of an ascendancy that went on for over fifty years. The name “Willard” is well-famed enough so that there are almost 30 “Willard” makers listed in most reference books, and most are associated with the original Willard line. Simon was perhaps best known for his Patents on his banjo “timepiece” of 1802, but while busy making custom clocks like his banjos, he also did a trade in tower clocks, gallery clocks, and other highly customized horological items. Along the way he was honored by presenting Harvard with its major timepiece as well as a gallery clock for Supreme Court chambers in Washington and numerous letters from President Jefferson urging him to finish making send on one of his “Improved Timepieces”. Yet most of Simon’s time was spent with a very successful (and seemingly ordinary) trade with making, servicing and selling his own clocks to New England citizens of our new country. This solid mahogany tall clock, features a plain painted dial, could have been made as early as the late 18th century because of the dial style and the employment of bracket feet, a style suitable to his earlier work. The gold leaf finials are turned wood, and though they have age may not be the originals.
Original “Simon Willard and His Clocks” Book
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$200 – $300[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Cottone Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$175[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]9:00 AM – Nov 11, 2016[/restrict]
Original “Simon Willard and His Clocks” Book by John Ware Willard. 1911. #470/500. Autographed.
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Simon Willard Roxbury Tall Case Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$10,000 – $30,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$8,500[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Oct 06, 2012[/restrict]
Simon Willard Roxbury Tall Case Clock: Original, unrestored; w/ calendar dial; bell strike 2 weight movement; with moon phase and seconds bit; brass trim and columns; has old weights and key; resting on original base. From The Bernard Edwards Estate, Past NAWCC President
Not tested.
(There are replaced finials. There is some wood separation on the lower section. The dial has some staining. There is a modified replaced pendulum.)
102″ T
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Willard type Banjo clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $2,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmidt's Antiques Inc. Since 1911[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$850[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Jul 16, 2016[/restrict]
An early 19th century Willard type Banjo wall clock. 8-day weight driven time only “A frame” movement usually associated with makers in the Newport RI area, with painted metal dial marked “Simon Willard & Son, No. 04719”. Gilded case with Brass arms and restored “B. Esposito” reverse painted throat and door glasses. Some wear and older repairs, several repainted areas. 41″ high.
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