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American & Southern | March 13, 2025

Thu, Mar 13, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1130

Simon Willard Attributed Massachusetts Federal Rocking Ship Tall Case Clock

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Roxbury, 1800-1810, painted dial signed "Simon Willard Roxbury", three rocking ship movement, seconds sweep and calendar dial, brass eight day movement, waisted case with reeded quarter columns set with large brass capitals on tall feet, two weights, pendulum, 94-1/2 x 19-1/2 x 10-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, Blacksburg, Virginia

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Private Collection, Blacksburg, Virginia

restorations to dial paint and signature, repaint with flaking and losses at rocking ship background, patch and repair at fretwork (fret work possibly restored), minor shrinkage crack at base panel, one small molding element off but present, original feet, saddle board likely replaced, works and case possibly associated