Mahogany Eglomise Shelf Clock

Description:

Mahogany Eglomise Shelf Clock, James Almy, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1825-35, case by Henry Willard, Boston, the hood with scrolled cresting centering a plinth with brass ball finial, hinged door with eglomise tablet of gray-purple with shell and foliate spandrels above the name "James Almy NEW BEDFORD," within a stenciled floral surround, the door opens to a concave painted iron dial and striking weight-driven movement, the lower mirrored door with convex molded base and turned feet, ht. with finial 34 1/4 in.

Literature: Illustrated and discussed in Jobe et al., Harbor and Home: The Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, pp. 307-09.

Note: Interior of case stenciled "HENRY WILLARD/clock case/MANUFACTURER/1843 Washington Street/Boston."
Estimate $12,000-15,000


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