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Benjamin Willard Tall Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, no. 207, c.
1780, silvered sheet brass dial engraved Benja. Willard Roxbury, No.
207, and Ab Hoc Momento Pendet Eternitas with a phoenix in the arch,
the fret-top maple case with fan-carved waist door flanked by thumbnail
corners, all on a two-stage molded bracket foot base, eight-day time
and strike movement with rack and snail strike regulated by a wooden
pendulum rod and brass-faced bob all powered by two period iron
weights, ht. 87 1/2 in.
Note: For a discussion of numbered Benjamin Willard tall clocks, see
Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 1725-
1825, p. 29 and note 1, p. 56.
$15,000-25,000
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Daniel Burnap Cherry Tall Clock, East Windsor, Connecticut, c. 1785,
engraved sheet brass silvered dial signed in the arch Daniel Burnap,
East Windsor, recessed seconds and calendar dials, Roman numerals
and overall decorative engraved raffles, stylized pagoda hood with
three turned finials, fluted freestanding columns flanking the arched and
glazed hood door, fluted quarter-columns flanking the serpentine top
waist door, two-stage base molding and ogee feet, eight-day time and
strike movement with deadbeat escapement, wooden pendulum rod,
brass-faced bob and two cast iron weights, ht. 88 1/2 in.
Note: Daniel Burnap (1759-1838) was a clockmaker, instrument maker,
silversmith and brass founder and remains very well documented
in the definitive work by Penrose Hoopes, The Shop Records of
Daniel Burnap, Clockmaker. Burnap’s Memorandum Book, wheelcutting
engine, tools and casting patterns are in the collections of the
Connecticut Historical Society.
$10,000-15,000
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