 | Simon Willard Patent Timepiece
Brass, and steel eight-day timepiece movement. Weight powered. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case with holly string inlay. Brass bezel with glass over dial. Cast brass side arms and large cast brass eagle. Reverse painted glass throat and lower door tablets. Painted sheet iron dial with Roman... |
 | Simon Willard Patent Timepiece
Brass and steel eight-day timepiece movement. Weight powered. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case with holly stringing. Cast brass side arms. Reverse painted glass throat and lower door tablets. Painted sheet iron dial. Strike: timepiece; Escapement: recoil |
 | Simon Willard Patent Timepiece
Brass and steel eight-day timepiece movement. Weight powered. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case with contrasting string inlay. Cast brass side arms. Reverse painted glass throat and lower door tablets; lower tablet bears inscription "WILLARD' PATENT." Painted, sheet iron dial. esapement-recoil. |
 | Simon Willard Patent Timepiece
Brass and steel eight-day timepiece movement. Weight powered. The wood of this case is difficult to determine because of the white paint, gesso and gilt (gold leaf). It may be mahogany which was frequently used for presentation timepieces or it may be birch which is what it looks like. Cast brass... |
 | Wall Clock by Elnathan Taber
Brass and steel, eight-day timepiece movement with alarm. Weight powered. Mahogany case with pine as secondary wood. Painted sheet iron dial is an early 20th century replacement. Weight baffle (protective cover inside the case to keep weights in place) has painted inscription which reads: Made by... |
 | Wall Clock, Maker Unknown
Brass, eight-day movement with rack and snail strike. Weight powered. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case with contrasting stringing. Reverse painted glass throat and lower door tablets. Cast brass side arms. Painted sheet iron dial. Escapement - recoil. Secondary wood - white pine. |
 | Timepiece by Aaron Willard
Wall clock by Aaron Willard. Brass, thirty-hour timepiece movement with fall off strike. Weight powered. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case, Brass dial. escapement-dead beat. Secondary wood-White Pine. Silvered brass dial inscribed "A. Willard." |
 | Patent Timepiece by Simon Willard
Brass, eight-day timepiece movement. Weight powered. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case with contrasting stringing. Unusual use of mahogany for glueblocks and backboard which were generally made of a less expensive native wood. Cast brass side arms. Reverse painted glass throat and lower door... |
 | Gallery Clock attributed to Simon Willard
Gallery clock attributed to Simon Willard. 8-day, brass timepiece, weight powered recoil escapement. Gilded gallery clock with carved "Doggett type" eagle and swags of balls hanging from the beak. Box below with reverse painted glass with oval fan decoration in red, white and gold leaf. Wooden dial... |
 | Wall Clock by Aaron Willard, Jr.
Brass, eight-day timepiece movement with alarm. Weight powered. Mahogany case with pine as secondary wood. Painted sheet iron dial. Aaron Willard Jr.'s engraved paper label with "Directions for putting up the timepiece...made by license from the patent by Aaron Willard, Jr." is pasted inside the... |
 | Patent Timepiece probably by Simon Willard
Brass, eight day timepiece movement. Weight powered. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case with cross banded mahogany frames with figured maple surrounds. Reverse painted glass throat and lower door tablets. White painted dial with Roman numerals. Brass sidearms. Brass spread eagle top ornament. |
 | Wall Clock by Lemuel Curtis and Joseph Nye Dunning
Brass and steel, eight-day timepiece movement with alarm. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case. Reverse painted glass throat tablet. Convex painted sheet iron dial inscribed "Warranted by curtis & Dunning." escapement - recoil |
 | Regulator Clock attributed to Simon Willard
Regulator clock; mahogany banjo-type case with curved sides. Painted sheet iron dial with Roman numerals. Heavy, molded mahogany bezel on door. Carved mahogany Prince of Wales feather on top. escapement - dead beat Eight day, heavy brass and steel timepiece movement. Steel hands in battle-axe and... |
 | Wall Clock attributed to Abiel Chandler
Wall clock popularly called a "lyre clock." Brass and steel, eight-day timepiece movement. Weight powered. Mahogany and mahogany veneered case with white pine as secondary wood. Painted sheet iron dial. escapement-recoil. "VI" pressed into back of lyre front. |
 | Patent Timepiece by Simon Willard and Sons Boston
Patent timepiece by S. Willard & Son, Boston; brass, eight-day timepiece movement; weight powered; white painted sheet iron dial having Roman numerals; steel spear hands; mahogany and mahogany veneered case; reverse painted glass throat and lower door tablets simulating crotch grained mahogany;...
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