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Banjo clock

Object number

RIF6676

Maker

Maker Walter H. Durfee, 1857–1939

Dimensions

41 1/2 in. (105.4 cm)

Date

1890–1910

Current location

Stanley Weiss Collection

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany, light wood inlay (primary); gilded wood (secondary)

Marks

"WALTER H. DURFEE / PROVIDENCE," painted, on dial below center arbor

Inscriptions

"S. WILLARD'S / PATENT," painted on lower glass on lower door

Provenance

Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, Rhode Island, by 2019

Bibliography

Stanley Weiss and Brock Jobe, Fine American Antiques in the Stanley Weiss Collection (Providence, R.I.: Stanley Weiss Collection, 2019), 32, sw01629, ill.