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Simon Willard and Son New England Banjo Clock
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Simon Willard and Son New England Banjo Clock. Mahogany case, old glasses possibly period. Original signed and painted metal dial #1560. 8 day time only weight driven movement. Ht. 33″.
Simon Willard Jr., Boston, MA Banjo
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Simon Willard Jr., Boston, MA Banjo. Banded mahogany case. Original painted metal dial. Period reverse painted glasses. “Patent” throat glass. 8 day time only weight driven movement. Ht. 34″.
Simon Willard American Banjo Clock
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Simon Willard American Banjo Clock: time only weight driven with a 7″ original dial. The name Simon Willard, Boston was painted on after the dial already had some good age to it. The movement is early and proper for this case.
(No pendulum ball. The dial’s paint is crazed and has some loss to the paint by the L screws. The gilt paint is original and shows wear in some places. Both glass plates are replacements. The eagle finial is not as old as the case.)
39 1/2″
Fine & Rare Early Simon Willard Banjo Clock
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Fine & Rare Early Simon Willard Banjo Clock. Cross banded mahogany case, old finish & patina. Original painted iron dial. Original reverse painted tablets, signed S. Willard’s Patent. 8 day strike only T-bridge, weight driven brass movement. Ht. 33 1/2″. The Collection of Dr. Warren Hammerschlag, New Jersey.
Attr. Simon Willard 5′ Weight Driven Banjo Clock
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Attr. Simon Willard 5′ Weight Driven Banjo Clock
American Mahogany 8 Day Weight Driven Banjo Regulator Wall Clock, Attr: Simon Willard, Massachusetts. 12 in. painted metal dial inscribed “Simon Willard, Roxbury” with black Roman hour numerals, 3 in. sub seconds dial and fine quality blued hands. Brass 8 day weight driven time only regulator movement with Graham deadbeat escapement, maintaining power, keystone with T-bridge suspension, gilt wood pendulum stick with brass covered bob, lockdown hardware and lead weight hanging from a brass pulley. The banjo style case has a flanged door bezel, hinged throat and lower door with reverse painted black and gold leaf on old wavy glass; clock is topped with a carved fluer de lis finial. Case finish has been scrubbed and overcoated, missing lock for dial door bezel with small veneer missing beside the key hole area, bottom of case shows impact damage and repair from weight, original glasses with restoration to the paint and gold leaf; has door keys, dial appears original with original signature. Dimensions: 61 in. high x 20.5 in. wide x 6.25 in. deep.
Tall Case Clock by Simon Willard
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No doubt Simon Willard (1753-1848)is regarded by many as America’s leading clock maker and also the most innovative. He and his three clockmaker brothers are the foremost family members of an ascendancy that went on for over fifty years. The name “Willard” is well-famed enough so that there are almost 30 “Willard” makers listed in most reference books, and most are associated with the original Willard line. Simon was perhaps best known for his Patents on his banjo “timepiece” of 1802, but while busy making custom clocks like his banjos, he also did a trade in tower clocks, gallery clocks, and other highly customized horological items. Along the way he was honored by presenting Harvard with its major timepiece as well as a gallery clock for Supreme Court chambers in Washington and numerous letters from President Jefferson urging him to finish making send on one of his “Improved Timepieces”. Yet most of Simon’s time was spent with a very successful (and seemingly ordinary) trade with making, servicing and selling his own clocks to New England citizens of our new country. This solid mahogany tall clock, features a plain painted dial, could have been made as early as the late 18th century because of the dial style and the employment of bracket feet, a style suitable to his earlier work. The gold leaf finials are turned wood, and though they have age may not be the originals.
Original “Simon Willard and His Clocks” Book
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Original “Simon Willard and His Clocks” Book by John Ware Willard. 1911. #470/500. Autographed.
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