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From: William H. Distin and Robert Bishop, The American Clock (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1976), 224
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Banjo clock

Object number

RIF4026

Maker

Casemaker Unknown
Clockmaker David Williams, 1769?1823

Dimensions

Height: 35 1/4 in. (89.535 cm)

Date

1815–20

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany (primary)

Marks

"D. WILLIAMS," in paint, on throat glass

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Private collection, 1976

Bibliography

William H. Distin and Robert Bishop, The American Clock: A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, 1723–1900: With a Listing of 6153 Clockmakers (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1976), 224, fig. 522.