AARON WILLARD FEDERAL TALL-CASE CLOCK Mahogany case with rich old finish. Bonnet with three brass finials, two in ball and steeple f...

AARON WILLARD FEDERAL TALL-CASE CLOCK Boston, Circa 1800

Mahogany case with rich old finish. Bonnet with three brass finials, two in ball and steeple form flanking a central urn with eagle. Finials on fluted plinths joined by nicely scrolled fretwork. Arched dial door with ebony and string inlay flanked by fluted full columns with brass stop fluting. Molded rectangular pendulum door flanked by brass-capped fluted quarter columns with brass stop fluting. Pendulum door and base panel with banded and string inlay. Ogee bracket feet. Roman numeral dial with second sweep and moon phase in lunette. Painted and gilt decoration of globes below lunette and green stars within ovals at corners. Signed "Aaron Willard Boston". Complete with weights, pendulum, and case and winding keys. Height 92.5". Width 19". Depth 9.5".

Condition: Some minor loss of paint to dial. The feet are replaced, and perhaps the bottom, are probably replacd. Works not signed, just the dial. Not guaranteed to be running.

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