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Lot 1090

Federal Eglomise Willard's Patent Banjo Clock

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Roxbury, Massachusetts, circa 1815,˜inlaid mahogany case with brass side scrolls, white enameled dial with Roman numerals, surmounted by a brass compressed ball finial, with eglomis? throat panel with latticework design and marked "Willard's Patent" within a scroll, square eglomis? painting titled "Mount Vernon" depicting the idyllic estate, with a view of the Potomac River, with pendulum and weight, 34 x 10 x 4-1/4 in.˜, Provenance: Walker Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina, purchased 1969; Collection of Laurence and Helen Alspaugh, Greensboro, North Carolina

Condition

dial with crazing, some losses to enamel, and paint retouch, some areas of gilt and paint loss (especially to lower eglomis? panel), crack and other scattered dents and losses to mahogany, one brass scroll mounting loose,˜
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