Mahogany Cased Massachusetts Shelf Clock

Description:

Mahogany Cased Massachusetts Shelf Clock, Aaron Willard, Boston, c. 1790, with molded top, brass stop-fluted quarter columns flanking the kidney dial with Arabic numerals marked "A. Willard," enclosed bracket feet above a lower case with brass carrying handles and bracket foot base housing an eight-day brass, weight-driven timepiece with passing strike on a bell, ht. 34 in., (dial imperfections).

Literature: A Simon Willard example of this rare shelf clock form with back door for movement access is illustrated in Zea-Cheney Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825, p. 35.
Estimate $60,000-80,000

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