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Banjo clock |
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Object numberRIF4616 |
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MakerClockmaker David Williams, 17691823attributed to John Young, 17971884 |
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DimensionsHeight: 33 7/8 × 10 × 3 5/16 in. (86.04 × 25.4 × 8.41 cm) Height, movement: 4 1/4 in. (10.795 cm) |
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Date18151823 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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Marks"D. Williams, Horologist, Providence," in paint, on dial |
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Inscriptions"Patent," in paint, on throat glass |
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ProvenancePrivate collection |
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NotesMovement: 8-day brass A frame timepiece |
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BibliographyPaul J. Foley, Willard's Patent Time Pieces: A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 18001900 (Norwell, Mass.: Roxbury Village Publishing, 2002), 8990, fig. 2036.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 110, 113n47, 41314, no. 96, fig. 1. |