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Skinner.(CURRENT and coming)(Brief article)
In their February 15 sale of American furniture and decorative arts Skinner will auction another of the eight portrait miniatures of George Washington painted by Robert Field in 1801. As Eleanor Gustafson detailed in her Endnotes column in this magazine last month, the miniatures were commissioned by Martha Washington to present to friends and family; late last year Skinner sold the miniature Martha gave to her step-grand-daughter Sarah "Sally" Stuart to the Yale University Art Gallery for more than $300,000. The nearly identical example being auctioned this month descended in the family of Sally's sister Anne Calvert Stuart and has an estimate of $150,000 to $200,000.
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Other highlights of the sale include a Chippendale carved mahogany card table made ...
- Banjo clock has naval scene.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) November 4, 2002 700+ words
...Byline: Leslie Hindman Q. I have a banjo clock made by the famous clockmaker Seth Thomas...brand name of The Colibri Group. The banjo clock was invented by another famed clockmaker in 1802. Simon Willard (1753-1848) designed the shape that...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Virginia Bohlin July 19, 2009 700+ words
...Grenoble, has a $50,000- $80,000 estimate. Although the regulator and Rolex, along with a circa 1805 Simon Willard banjo clock ($30,000-$50,000), are among the high-end offerings, the auction's 70 other clocks are available...
- Celebrated icons, from lake to sea ; Antiques & Collectibles
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Virginia Bohlin August 9, 2009 700+ words
...first decade of the 19th century in original condition is exceedingly rare. This was the case of the Simon Willard's circa 1805 "banjo" clock marked "S. Willard's Patent" around the pendulum aperture. It fetched $47,400 against a...
- Lexington museum celebrates its 25th anniversary with exhibit of items...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Cox, Christopher July 31, 2000 700+ words
...200 years before the golden age of home entertainment centers). In 1802, Roxbury-based Simon Willard patented a wall-mounted "banjo" clock that saved space and money; assembly-line production by the Waltham-based American Watch...
- American clocks. (Current and Coming).(The Willard House and Clock Museum...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Ledes, Allison Eckardt August 1, 2002 700+ words
...Foley in his excellent new book Willard's Patent lime Pieces, A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800- 1900, Simon Willard began to develop new clocks soon after he moved to Roxbury. His first invention was the thirty-hour...
- At antique clock and watch museums ... Time marches on.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Atoji, Cindy April 6, 1997 700+ words
...made by Willard and his sons in the late-18th and early-19th centuries. In 1802, Simon Willard, the best-known of the brothers, invented the banjo clock, which ran for eight days without having to be wound, instead of the typical clocks...
- Museum accessions.
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Gustafson, Eleanor H. May 1, 1999 700+ words
...diamond-head timepiece appears to have been devised to circumvent the patent issued to Simon Willard (1753-1848) in 1802 for his enormously popular banjo clock. Fewer than a dozen are known, and of those at least three, including the one illustrated...
- Thomas Richards, clockmaker? (Collectors' Notes).(clock seller, possible...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Gustafson, Eleanor H. October 1, 2002 700+ words
...famous Massachuseas clockmaker Simon Willard. He writes: To sell his "newly invented ALARUM TIMEPIECE," Simon Willard authorized only "Mr. THO...Sposato illustrate a Boston banjo clock inscribed "Warranted and Made...