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Elmer Stennes banded front patent timepiece or banjo clock.
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Elmer Stennes, Weymouth, Mass., Willard style banded front patent timepiece or banjo clock with bracket, mahogany case, painted metal dial, barbed hands, 8 day, weight driven brass movement. Original reverse painted tablets and cast brass eagle finial. Case is stamped "31'" and "72". This clock was made while Stennis was in prison and is stamped: (MCIP for Massachusetts Correctional Institute Plymouth).
Elmer Stennes Electric Banjo Clock
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Elmer O. Stennes Electric Banjo Clock. 7 in. painted metal dial, has black Roman hour numerals, and fancy black hands, signed Elmer O. Stennes, Weymouth, Mass; the electric Telechron time only movement appears to be original and has a painted red weight baffle. Mahogany presentation banjo case has brass bezel with convex glass, pierced brass side arms, reverse painted throat glass and reverse painted door glass. Clock is in good running condition, original finish and original glasses are in very good condition with no inpainting. 42 in. high x 10 in. wide x 4.5 in. deep
Elmer Stennes gilt front banjo clock
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Elmer Stennes, Weymouth, Mass., gilt front presentation patent timepiece or banjo clock, mahogany and gilt case with bracket and acorn finial, painted metal dial, barbed hands, 8 day, weight driven brass movement. Case is stamped "38" & "72".
Aaron Willard Jr. Thermometer-front Patent Timepiece or Banjo Clock
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Aaron Willard Jr. Thermometer-front Patent Timepiece or Banjo Clock, c. 1815, mahogany case with hinged brass bezel, convex glass, unsigned, painted, roman numeral dial, barbed wire hands, gilt rope frames enclosing the reverse-painted tablets, upper tablet with thermometer and signed "A. Wilard Jr.," bottom glass depicting a country mansion, carved lower gilt bracket, uniformed cut head with brass movement, T-bridge suspension, recoil escapement, alternate train mounted with through bolts, ht. 39 in.
Note: The throat tablet is signed with one "l" in Willard. In his book Willard's Patent Time Pieces, A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock 1800-1900, Paul J. Foley includes chapter 17 that discusses thermometer-front timepieces.
Elmer O. Stennes Banjo Clock
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Elmer O. Stennes Banjo Clock. 7 in. painted convex metal dial, has black Roman hour numerals, and original blued hands, signed Elmer O. Stennes, Weymouth, Mass; brass weight driven time only movement, signed E. Howard & Co, Boston, has long steel pendulum rod, bob engraved  George A. Potter, February 1, 1950, From his New England Associates, brass lockdown hardware, lead weight and painted black weight baffle. Mahogany banjo case has brass bezel with convex glass, pierced brass side arms, reverse painted throat glass and reverse painted door glass. Clock is in good running condition, original finish and original glasses are in very good condition with no inpainting. 34 in. high
Elmer O. Stennes Banjo Clock
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Elmer O. Stennes Banjo Clock. 7 in. painted metal dial has black Roman hour numerals, signed Elmer O. Stenned, Weymouth, Mass and has the bee mark on the dial; has a quality brass, weight driven time only movement, No. 5, signed E.O. Stennes, Weymouth, Mass. Recoil escapement, lead weight signed E. Howard & Co, brass pulley and brass covered pendulum bob with steel stick and lock-down hardware on the baffle. Mahogany case has inlaid borders, brass eagle finial, bezel and pierced side arms; reverse painted door and throat glass, door glass signed M.E.R. 1969. in good running condition, original finish. 34.5 in. high
Elmer O. Stennes Banjo Clock
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Elmer O. Stennes Banjo Clock: With a 7″ painted metal dial with Roman numerals, signed, with the bee mark; with a brass weight driven TO movement; in a mahogany case with painted front, a brass bezel and pierced metal side arms; the door is reverse painted with a lady and dolphins; it has painted throat glass; with the pendulum and lockdown and signed weight.
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41″ Long
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