Walter H. Durfee Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock

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Walter H. Durfee Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Providence, Rhode Island, painted iron Roman numeral dial marked Walter H. Durfee Providence, string-inlaid frames encasing reverse-painted tablets, the lower marked S. Willard's Patent, with sun and gilt stringing, throat having acorns and gilt stringing, eight-day weight-powered time-only movement with deadbeat escapement, maintaining power, Geneva stop, and nickel-plated movement marked E. Howard & Co. Boston 5, gilt carved pediment and acorn finial, ht. 41 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Lower tablet paint lifting and loss.

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