Fine Simon Willard Federal Inlaid Mahogany Tall Case Clock, Sack Provenance

Roxbury, Massachusetts, circa 1795-1805, dial signed “Simon Willard”, original brass works with original hands, the case of typical Willard form, arched bonnet with fretwork crest, brass steeple top finials, dial with calendar aperture, second hand dial, and moonphase painted with naval scene with British Ensign ship and figure pointing to monument inscribed "WERTER", brass inlaid stop fluted colonettes and quarter columns, waisted case door with line and fan quadrant inlay, ogee bracket feet, illegible inscriptions to backboard behind dial, two weights and pendulum included, 90-1/2 x 20 x 10-3/8 in.

Provenance: Israel Sack, New York, NY, April 28, 1988 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $112,500); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Literature: Deanne Levison, "Living with Antiques: A Collection on the Chesapeake Bay", The Magazine Antiques (December 2001), p. 805, pl. I.