Lot 350
  • 350

Federal Inlaid and Figured Mahogany Tall Case Clock, works by Aaron Willard, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1805

Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Mahogany
  • Height 100 in. by Width 20 1/4 in. by Depth 10 in.
Retains period paper label on inside of door. Dial inscribed Aaron Willard Boston. Works may be associated, fret and finials replaced.

Condition

Fret replaced; Finials replaced; Label mounted on paper and reattached; Tissue connecting saddle board not right; cannot be certain that works are original to the clock. Feet replaced.
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