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444444.Benjamin Franklin Willard Handwritten Document, Roxbury,February 10, 1820, addressed to a Mr. Humphries and states If you willbe so kind as to lend by your widest chisell and give me a small pieceof sand paper, you will oblige yours, Benj. Willard. NB. the chisell shallbe returned tomorrow., 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.$300-500446.Mahogany Patent Alarm Timepiece or “Lighthouse” Clock, probablyBoston, c. 1825, the blown glass dome houses the painted iron dial,with eight-day brass weight-powered alarm movement, engraved brassalarm disc, the alarm raps on a steel rod, the case with hinged doorand applied molding at base, ht. with dome 20 1/4, case wd. 8, casedp. 8 1/4 in.$5,000-8,000445.Simon Willard Mahogany Tall Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c.1795, with pierced fret top, arched and glazed hood door flanked bybrass stop fluted freestanding columns with Corinthian capitals, 16-in.painted iron “Osborne” dial signed Simon Willard, Roxbury, Romannumerals and painted spandrels depicting the four seasons, inlaidrectangular waist door flanked by brass stop fluted quarter columns,remains of Simon Willard label printed by Joseph Russell pasted onbackboard, inlaid base with ogee feet, eight-day brass time and strikemovement with recoil escapement and seconds beating pendulum allpowered by two tin-cased weights, ht. 97 in. (without a central finial).Note: Large dial Simon Willard tall clocks are exceedingly rare andpossibly intended for use in public assembly rooms. A related examplenow at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is illustrated in Husher andWelch, A Study of Simon Willard Clocks, p. 228. For the other knownexample see Christie’s Fine American Furniture, October 21, 1989, lot394.Dial also illustrated with lot 453$30,000-50,000447.Mahogany Quarter-chiming Longcase Clock, unsigned, scroll-topcase with satinwood string and oval mahogany inlays, flat reededcolumns flanking the arched and glazed door, over the unsignedcomposite brass dial with silvered chapter ring and Roman numerals,engraved center, applied spandrels and moon’s age dial in the arch,gothic waist door and inlaid base with chamfered corners on shortbracket feet, eight-day time and eight-bell quarter-chiming movementwith three weights and pendulum, ht. 91 in.$2,500-3,500448.William Carter Eight-Day Longcase Clock Movement and Dial,Cambridge, England, c. 1750, the 11-in. square brass composite dialwith Roman numeral chapter ring engraved Wm. Carter, Cambridgealong the lower edge, quarter and half hour marks, decorativelyengraved and matted center with ringed winding holes and seconds,applied cast spandrels and engraved borders on the four quadrants,eight-day weight-powered five-ringed pillar movement with countwheelmounted on the greatwheel and anchor escapement, pendulum andweights.$500-700118 additional information and photos at www.skinnerinc.com