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Curtis & Dunning New England Gilt Front Banjo Clock
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Curtis & Dunning New England Gilt Front Banjo Clock. Original signed & painted iron dial. Original patriotic glasses, both cracked. /8 day time only weight driven brass movement. Ht. 32″
Gilt front banjo clock by Curtis & Dunning
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A gilt wood and eglomise painted glass banjo timepiece signed Curtis and Dunning, Burlington, [VT] [Vermont]. “Presentation banjos with Naval battles from the War of 1812 done in reverse painting were made between about 1812 and 1840 to commemorate Naval victories of our young nation against against their British counterparts- not very different from events Americans would commemorate today, such as the landing on the moon, the victory achieved during WWII, etc. The partnership between Lemuel Curtis, one of the best known of the New England clockmakers who was related to the Simon Willards by marriage of his brother, and Joseph Dunning was active in Burlington between 1821 and 1827, when this clock was made.
Curtis & Dunning Bow Front Banjo Clock
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Curtis & Dunning Bow Front Banjo Clock: In a mahogany bow front case with a TO movement; an unmarked metal dial; an eagle finial and the pendulum. Circa 1820-1830.
Not tested.
 (The dial is stained. The movement is not marked; the dial is not signed; the case is dovetailed with small screws added at a later date; the inside of the bow front door has an initial and number and a date of 1904 written in pencil; we think a previous owners inventory number. The bottom finial is gone. The weight and the finial are both new.)Â
40″ Long w/finial; 36″ Long without/ finial.
Sells as is, where is.
New England Gilt Front Banjo Clock
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New England Gilt Front Banjo Clock. Early 19th cent. Mahogany case, original gilding. Original painted metal dial. Missing bezel glass. Original reverse painted tablets; throat glass is cracked and glued to a paperboard backing. 8 day time only weight driven brass movement. Ht. 32″.
J. N. Dunning Lyre Banjo Clock, Concord, MA
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J. N. Dunning Lyre Banjo Clock, Concord, MA. Carved mahogany case, refinished; some restorations. Signed and painted metal dial. Reverse painted throat glass, old repaint. 8 day time only weight driven brass movement. Ht. 40″.
Whiting Wood Front New England Banjo Clock
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Whiting Wood Front New England Banjo, “Concord”. Mahogany case. Restorations to side arms. Original dial. 8 day time only weight driven movement. Ht. 32″.
Sawin & Dyer Boston, Gilt Front Lyre Banjo Clock
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Sawin & Dyer Boston, Gilt Front Lyre Banjo Clock. Dial original. Time and strike weight driven movement. Old repaint to glass. Old finish and old regilding. Ht. 41″.