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Banjo clock
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Banjo clock

Simon Willard (American, 1753–1848)
1800–10
Object PlaceRoxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueGilded, gessoed wood, reverse glass paintings, painted dial, brass gears
Dimensions108.0 x 26.7 x 10.5 cm (42 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Henry Saltonstall Howe
Accession number1994.315
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsPainted on lower rectangular element: "S. WILLARD'S PATENT"ProvenanceHenry Saltonstall Howe (b. 1910 - d. 1994), Boston; 1994, bequest of Henry Saltonstall Howe to the MFA. (Accession Date December 14, 1994)
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