Simon Willard patent timepiece or banjo wall clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $1,500[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$3,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Sep 10, 2022[/restrict]
Simon Willard School, Boston, Mass., patent timepiece or banjo wall clock, mahogany case, painted metal dial, barbed hands, 8 day time only movement, c1808
Waltham Clock Co., patent timepiece or banjo wall clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$400 – $600[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,200[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Sep 10, 2022[/restrict]
Waltham Clock Co., Waltham, Mass., patent timepiece or banjo clock, model 1525, gilt and mahogany case, reverse painted tablets, painted metal dial, barbed hands, 8 day, weight driven brass movement
Simon Willard’s Patent Banjo Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$400 – $800[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Merrill’s Auctioneers and Appraisers[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$8,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Jan 21, 2022[/restrict]
Early Simon Willard (Roxbury, MA 1753- 1848) banjo clock, probably after 1802, inlaid mahogany case, lower tablet signed "S Willard's Patent", sans finial, overall ht 29 1/2"
Aaron Willard Patent Timepiece or ”Banjo” Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$600 – $800[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Bonhams Skinner[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$850[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Aug 09, 2022[/restrict]
Aaron Willard Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, c. 1825, gilt turned finial atop the mahogany case, roman numeral dial signed "Aaron Willard/Boston," gilt rope-turned frames enclosing the reverse-painted tablets, terminating in a gilt pediment, eight-day, time-only movement, ht. 40 in.
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.
Waltham Watch Co. banjo or patent timepiece wall clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$400 – $600[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$425[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Sep 10, 2022[/restrict]
Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., banjo or patent timepiece, red painted case with gilt stringing on doors and bottom bracket, painted metal dial, barbed hands, 8 day, weight driven brass movement
Waltham Watch Co. Abbot Lyre patent timepiece or banjo wall clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$3,000 – $5,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,400[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Sep 10, 2022[/restrict]
Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., "Abbot Lyre" patent timepiece or banjo wall clock, gilded and mahogany case, 8 day weight driven brass movement