Wall clock (Thirty-hour timepiece)
Simon Willard
(American, 1753–1848)
1780–90
Object PlaceRoxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, pine, brass and silvered brass
DimensionsOverall: 63.2 x 22.5 x 11.4 cm (24 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stephen Barker
Accession number34.33
ClassificationsFurniture
InscriptionsFace signed across the center: "Simon Willard"
In pencil in script on backboard: "Cleaned / July 14 / 1876 / L G Smith [?]"
On inside of lower box in pencil; "2/25/27" and "CA" conjoinedProvenanceBy family tradition, probably owned originally by Pyam and Olive Lovell Cushing of Hull, Massachusetts, married in 1805; by descent to Miss Eliza Jones Cushing of Hull and Auburndale; by descent to her niece, Mary Lovell Cushing Barker, Boston; by descent to her son, Walter S. Barker (d. 1925), Boston; by descent to his wife; 1934, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stephen Barker (Accession Date February 1, 1934)
