SKINNER presents a Gallery Walk

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427.
Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo Clock,” marked Aaron
Willard, Boston, c. 1825, with painted iron Roman numeral dial marked
as above, half-round mahogany frames enclosing reverse-paintings on
glass, the lower depicting a rural mill scene, the waist glass with red,
blue, white, and gold scrolled designs, eight-day brass timepiece with
skeletonized plates and recoil escapement powered by an iron weight
and regulated by a brass-faced pendulum, ht. 34 in.
Note: Skeletonized movement in this clock is related to others by the
Billings clockmakers of Acton, Massachusetts.
$600-800
428.
Waltham “Banjo” Clock, Waltham, Massachusetts, mahogany case
with bracket, brass bezel, side arms, rope molding, cast eagle finial and
decorative pedestal, painted metal dial with Arabic numerals marked
Waltham below hand shaft, reverse-painted portrait of Washington in
throat glass and Mount Vernon on lower door glass, eight-day weightpowered
movement, ht. 41 in.
$1,000-1,500
429.
Foster Campos Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock,
Pembroke, Massachusetts, c. 1970, painted iron dial with Roman
numerals and signed Foster S. Campos, Pembroke, Mass., crossbanded
mahogany frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the lower
depicting and marked Sept. 10, 1813, Perry’s Victory on Lake Erie, the
waist glass with eagle and Federal shield, eight-day time-only weightpowered
movement stamped Foster S. Campos, Pembroke, Mass, and
brass-faced pendulum, ht. 44 in.
$1,500-2,000
430.
Mahogany Lyre Clock, 20th century, maker unknown, zinc dial
with Roman numerals, carved lyre-shaped midsection with recessed
veneered panel, hinged lower door for pendulum access, carved
shell lower pedestal and eight-day weight-powered brass timepiece
movement, ht. 40 in.
$200-300
431.
Sharp Gothic “Jigsaw” Shelf Clock, c. 1900, intricately cut case with
a tower on each corner above a hinged center door, pierced spandrels
and blind fret work dial surround, 2 1/2-in. paper dial with Roman
numerals, thirty-hour time-only lever movement, ht. 23 3/4 in.
$300-500
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