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RARE ASA WILKINS L. 18th / E. 19th C. BANJO CLOCK

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RARE ASA WILKINS L. 18th / E. 19th C. BANJO CLOCK
RARE ASA WILKINS L. 18th / E. 19th C. BANJO CLOCK
Item Details
Description
Gilt case with eglomise panels, door with decoration of "Aurora" with acorn finial, fluted bracket base, and acorn pendant, with gilt brass side brackets

h. 40 w. 10-1/4 d. 4 in.

Provenance:
Descended through the estate of a New York Lady (Mt. Kisco & NYC)

A signed patent timepiece is illustrated in an ad in Antiques, July 1930, pg. 51ASA, Wilkins is listed as a clockmaker in Wiscasset ME as early as 1810. He was also listed in 1813 in Boston tax records working that year as a journeyman clockmaker on Back Street (Assessors 1800-30) He made Tall case clocks and Banjo clocks. This one would date around 1815. Ref. Willard's Patent Time Pieces, Paul J. Foley, pg 329
Condition
Small areas of paint loss to eglomise panel
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RARE ASA WILKINS L. 18th / E. 19th C. BANJO CLOCK

Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
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Starting Price $1,800
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