Joseph Nye Dunning

"Born in Brunswick, ME on Jan. 2, 1795, died in Burlington on Dec. 14, 1841. Dunning was a journeyman with Lemuel Curtis in Concord, MA. They first advertised as a partnership, Curtis & Denning, in June 1821 . . . Their co-partnership was dissolved in May 1832 and Dunning continued independently in the clockmaking business. . . . He made patent timepiece, girandole, lyre, gallery, tavern, and regulator wall clock." - see full biographical information in 'Willard's Patent Time Pieces: A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800-1900" by Paul J. Foley