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Banjo clock |
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Object numberRIF3407 |
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MakerMaker Walter H. Durfee, 18571939Maker D. J. Steele |
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DimensionsHeight: 45 1/2 in. (115.57 cm) Diameter, white dial: 8 in. (20.32 cm) |
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Date18801900 |
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Current locationStanley Weiss Collection |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MarksWALTER H. DURFEE CO. / PROVIDENCE," in paint, on dial; "D. J. Steele," in paint, on throat glass |
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Inscriptions"Perry's Victory," in paint, on tablet with an American eagle over battling ships and the motto "We Have Met The Enemy And They Are Ours" |
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ProvenanceEldred's Auctioneers and Appraisers, East Dennis, Massachusetts, 2009. The Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, Rhode Island, by 2019 |
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Associated namesEldred's |
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Bibliography"Feature," Maine Antique Digest (October 2007): 7E, ill.Eldred's, "Americana, Paintings and Sporting Items: August 1, 2007August 3, 2007," http://www.eldreds.com/sales (accessed August 29, 2009). Stanley Weiss and Brock Jobe, Fine American Antiques in the Stanley Weiss Collection (Providence, R.I.: Stanley Weiss Collection, 2019), 33, sw00829, ill. |