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Banjo clock

Object number

RIF1934

Maker

Casemaker Unknown
Clockmaker David Williams, 1769?1823

Dimensions

Length: 34 in. (86.36 cm)

Date

1815–20

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Gilded wood

Marks

"D. Williams," inscribed on throat glass

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Christie's, New York, January 26–27, 1995, lot 132

Associated names

Christie's

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 26–27, 1995), 66, lot 132.